In the summer of 1967 Cindy was asked to select 12 costumes belonging to the Flo era - we have photos of her wearing 11 of these - the 12th being the set of tuxedos [[not the Ed Sullivan ones). They were selected with the criteria of being current and in pristine condition. None of Flo's gowns required any alteration for Cindy. In the Spring of 1968 when the new image Micheal Travis gowns were firmly eastablished, the crossover gowns and the rest of Flo's 1965/66/and early 1967 gowns amounting to 28 sets of 3 went in to storage in Detroit. In 1972 when Motown moved to Los Angeles the iconic gowns went missing, leaving Mary with only post Flo era gowns [[the Primettes gown and the pink chiffon tiered creation are fakes in her exhibition.) Nine sets of post Flo gowns were lost in the 1974 Mexico fire and the 'Snowstorm' pantsuits were stolen in 1973. Mary has almost everything else 1967-1977, with the odd set not yet accounted for.

Over the years 3 sets of Flo era gowns [[1965-1967) have been offered for sale on E-bay, which the fans bought and returned them to Mary. These consisted of the 'Rock Candies', the Hawaain Fantasies' and the 'White De-minks'. Two other pristine sets of Flo era gowns [[65/66) were displayed at the Henry Ford Museum in the 1990s which consisted of the 'Shimmering Sweethearts' and the 'Midnight Blue' halters. The red 'Shimmy' fringed gowns shown in Rock Cafes are also re-makes. There are currently 23 of the Flo mid-60s era gowns missing. It is believed that a handful of the gowns which were in for renovation, were looted from the cleaners during the Detroit riots in 1967 before the building was torched. Flo requested her gowns back as part of her settlement but this was not honoured. Hope this clarifies.