Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore, the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection The New York Historical, through June 22, 2025 ...

Eddie Bauer, JCPenny, Wrangler—these are the labels you’ll spot in The New York Historical Society’s latest exhibition, “Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore, the Smith ...

Real Clothes, Real Lives shows that women have adapted their attire to accommodate their daily activities with resourcefulness and panache. Sylvia Plath’s Girl Scouts of the United States of ...

Clothing and accessories worn by ordinary American women at work and at play are featured in an exhibition at New York Historical museum and in a lavishly illustrated book, published by Rizzoli ...

It is time for yet another part of the history of fashion to make it back to the future! What was once a symbol of tradition ...

Samson Historical is always evolving, Mr. Samson said, adding that there is always more research to be done “to find the next big thing we didn’t know existed — or improve it.” ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

And so, in 2015, Women’s History Museum was born. “We didn’t have training, so we would just ask ourselves what we had the capabilities to make,” explained McGowan.