Keywords: Skirts
Item 105751
Poppy print maxi skirt, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1975
Media: cotton, rayon
This record contains 8 images.
Item 110680
Crinolette hoop skirt, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1885
Media: linen, wire
This record contains 12 images.
Exhibit
Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing
Maine residents kept pace with the dramatic shift in women’s dress that occurred during the short number of years preceding and immediately following World War I. The long restrictive skirts, stiff collars, body molding corsets and formal behavior of earlier decades quickly faded away and the new straight, dropped waist easy-to-wear clothing gave mobility and freedom of movement in tune with the young independent women of the casual, post-war jazz age generation.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Poppy print maxi skirt, ca. 1975 - Page 1 of 3
"A maxi skirt is a long skirt that reaches the ankles or even brushes the ground. It's known for its full length and versatility, suitable for both…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Minimalist wool skirt suit, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3
"Minimalist wool skirt suit, ca. 1943 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description This powder blue three-piece wool suit is…"
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
