My father, Milton Julian, turned 90 on February 11, 2008. He is healthy, happy, and still selling clothes to his favorite customers. Milton and Virginia live on their farm just south of Hillsborough, NC. They are active, and work out three mornings a week at the Duke Center for Living in nearby Durham, NC. They've been going there for the last 28 years.

Their house is a 200 year old log cabin that was expanded and renovated a few years ago. My brother Bruce's brother in law, Donnie Ellis was the architect for the addition and redesign. Bruce continues the family tradition with his own clothing store in Charlotte, Bruce Julian Clothier. The cabin's setting is on a hilltop overlooking a spring and creek. The woods around the cabin have never been logged not tilled. Mom & Pop live on almost 47 acres, and my sister and her family live on the same tract. My mother raises horses and has worked with them for almost 50 years. My Dad helps more with the farm duties, now that they're out there most of the time.

Before moving out the country, they lived in town. The location was so close to campus, that I used to park there and walk to Kenan Stadium for football games. Their former house was designed by the renowned architect, George Matsumoto. Their former house is shown as an example of his work, Julian Residence. The buyer was very familiar with Matsumoto and with Chapel Hill. He was moving back to Chapel Hill to join the faculty, and he did his graduate studies here. I look forward to see polish applied to that jewel of a house. Moving older parents can be a difficult process in the best of circumstances. Dad and Mom's move was a two step. First they moved to rental house, and then into the "new" cabin about 8 months later. Their relocation to the farm was a wonderful time for them, so much better than their rental house.

Here's a couple of links to recent articles written about them, MR Magazine, Carrboro Citizen, and The Daily Tar Heel. Pop says that the photo that Valarie Schwartz took for her article in the Carrrboro Citizen is one of the best of him and Mom. The March issue of MR Magazine has pictures of Pop's party in Charlotte. It was on February 2nd during the cocktail party at the Menswear Show. Pop had a big cake and everything. Take a look at the photos in MR Magazine..

Below are some current photos of my folks. I took them in early February, 2008. The one of my Dad was taken on his back porch, and the one of Mom and Dad was taken on their front porch. 

 I hope you enjoy "meeting" my folks as much as I have enjoyed them through the years.

These were at their house in January, 2008.

Mom + Kids, around 1959. From left, Mom, Jami

Shannon, Bruce, Andy, Kimi, and Phillip.

Pop's store at 163. E. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill around April, 1979.

Milton's Clothing Cupboard was in this location from 1952 to 1992.

 North Carolina beach trip around 1953, from left,  Bruce (about 1 year), Milton (the big one) and Shannon.

From Shirley Davis, taken by her Mom.

A younger Milton Julian, from Bruce's collection. Photo taken in the Coker Arboretum when Milton was a UNC student.