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Pretty and Cool: A White Summer Dress, ca. 1895
Pretty white summer dresses were everywhere in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were lightweight and cool, and everyone looked fabulous in them, whatever the occasion. No wonder these gowns were so popular. In August 1897, a fashion … Continue reading
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They Will Do It Anyway: Bloomers, Cycling, and the New Woman
This post discusses an 1897 advertisement for bicycle tires in BPMM’s fall exhibition, The “Quiet Circle”: Women and Girls in 19th-Century America, on view until November 19. In 1898, the ex-governor of Ohio, Joseph B. Foraker, contributed to an article … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890s fashions, Bicycle advertisements 1890s, Bicycles and bloomers, Bicycles and New Woman, Bloomer costume, Bloomer girl, Bloomer girl in advertising, Bloomers, Gibson Girl, New Brunswick Tire Company, New Woman, New Woman and advertising, Reform dress movement, The Quiet Circle exhibition, Wheelwomen
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Gilded Age Glamour Personified: The Gibson Girl
Bartow-Pell’s current exhibition, Gilded Age Glamour, features fashions and fashion prints from the museum’s collection. These stylish ensembles from a lost era are on view until April 30. Style divas in the Gilded Age of the 1890s and beyond were … Continue reading
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