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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"By the same token, rarity, elite fashions which do not often find their way into modest scale organizations, also occupy a special place in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… history of the State through two hundred years of fashion. Organized thematically, it explored how the clothing Maine people wore revealed their…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"Social unrest always has an effect on fashion, and never more so than in the 1960s. "Felix" occasion dress, ca."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"1943Maine Historical Society Fashion more or less stalled during the war years. Cloth for civilian clothing was limited because production was…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"… narrative, some historic photographs, and an old-fashioned storyboard exhibit. The latter was presented by 7th & 8th grade Social Studies Teacher…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… examples were an early step towards more casual fashions. The last four in the list are surviving home dresses, that obviously saw long years of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"… kept up with changing styles, and dressed as fashionably as personal taste, lifestyle, and budgets permitted."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"1940Maine Historical Society Fashions from the Great Depression years range from attractive basic day, to evening wear inspired by the cinema."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"… Portland." Several examples of mid 20th century fashions in the collection were originally sold at Felix Dress Shop, specializing in "women's…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"As fashions moved towards the next century, skirts lost the over layers and elaborations accrued over the past twenty years."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"… collection—the attached densely gathered skirt would have filled out into the fashionable dome shape. Skirt circumferences expanded in the 1850s."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"… full gigot sleeves presents a good example of day fashions straddling the 1830 to 1835 period. The natural waist level belt encircling the coat and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… associated with the mini and new young ‘swinging’ fashions include English designers Mary Quant and Biba, American Bonnie Cashin, French Givenchy…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… the sewing machine, encouraged extra detailing on fashionable garments, as seen on this highly-trimmed walking dress."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… years, the emergence of youth culture dominated fashions. Understandably, a shrinking percentage of shoppers retained a preference for more…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"The new fashion had origins in soft informal one-piece muslin gowns such as those favored by French Queen Marie Antoinette and her circle as an…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"… with further examples filling in the Maine fashion story. This is certainly true of this section,1970-1980, which is still at an early stage of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… and the velvet figure will be quite large.” This fashion for contrasting plain and figured cut velvet fabric is seen in the collection’s solid…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"… retained for war purposes, now reached the fashion scene, to be followed by polyester, wool-like acrylic and many others."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… coat is an example of the new unstructured fashions—different from western, fitted, tailored dress—that emerged after Sergei Diagilev's…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"1805Maine Historical Society The fashions of 1800-1805 are represented at Maine Historical Society by a small, but important group of slender gowns…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… Society Contrasting with these two luxurious and fashionable gowns, a modest small child’s dress in the collection is a rare eighteenth century…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"… institutions tend to focus on luxurious high fashions, the MHS Historic Dress Collection, in common with most fellow regional organizations, is…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"Fashion provides historical context, documenting how people communicated, built, or maintained relationships, formed identities, or drew connections…"