Keywords: 1960s designer fashion
Item 105473
Dior inspired prom dress, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1960
Location: Portland
Media: cotton, metal
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Item 111457
Blush pink "Harold Levine Original" dress, Scarborough, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Scarborough Media: rayon, silk
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4
"While French fashions inspired design, fashion conscious U.S. consumers began to recognize and appreciate the work of American designers such as…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4
"… these developments in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers…"
