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Most Beautiful Girl in the World Chu Chin Chow Ball Costume

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CSA Lecture on Sportswear

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Costume Society of America Northeastern Region Event:

Informal Lecture and Cocktail Hour

Making a Splash: Resort Fashion in New England 1870 -1920

Informal Lecture with Textile & Dress Historian Rebecca Kelly

 Cocktail hour Hosted by Augusta Auction Co.

July 29, 2023

6:00 pm Eastern

33 Gage Street

Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101

From sea bathing to mountaineering, this lecture will discuss New England's leisure pursuits and resort fashions in context with the developing sportswear industry centered in New York City. During the Gilded Age, vibrant "Gibsonesque" women wearing simple shirtwaists and walking skirts for golf, tennis, or out driving became the idealized version of the sporty American woman. More relaxed resort-style clothing contributed significantly to an American fashion identity separate from Parisian haute couture. Images of famed clothing and millinery shops in resort cities such as Bar Harbor, ME, and Newport, RI, as well as stories of the enterprising women who ran them, will be showcased. This event is free, and no RSVP is required!

Rebecca J. Kelly is a textile and dress historian focused on the study of nineteenth and twentieth century textiles, trade, and retail history. She is particularly interested in the birth of American fashion and revealing the work of under-recognized women fashion and textile designers. She holds a BA in Art History and an MS in textile conservation both from The University of Rhode Island. Rebecca curated the summer 2021 exhibition at Newport Historical Society, The World in Motion: Fashion and Modernity 1885 - 1945, and co-curator the companion exhibition Women Take the Wheel: Fashion, Modernity and the Automobile 1905 – 1945 at the Audrain Automobile Museum.

For more information about the event, contact Susan Jerome at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Rare 'Mermaid Silk' Hat to Cross Auction Block At Augusta Auctions

Antiques & The Arts Weekly Jiang Dingwen Article

 

Bid now through Live Auctioneers: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/77683944_rare-byssus-sea-silk-hat-italy-1920-1930s

Guide to Fashion Terms and Styles for Women's Garments

Great resource from Oregon State University

Click for a link to a PDF

Original Source: "EC 1382 Fashion terms and styles for women's garments"

A look at 1920s fashion in color

 

 

1920's fashion from one of Kodak's earliest color film experiments.

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