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.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Mary Lewis’ wedding day cape, ca. 1773, in the MHS photo studio. This was ...

In the basement of the theater building on the campus of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Kiki Smith is walking alongside the gray lockers that sweep the perimeter of the room. "So all ...

For nearly 50 years, the Historic Clothing Collection has been one of Smith’s hidden gems. Now, it’s finally coming into the light. One of the most subversive actions Smith students and alums have ...

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 College ...

As a youngster, Teresa Knutson dreamed of becoming a fashion designer but discovered her talents actually lay in constructing clothing and then later in curating historical fashion. “When I was a ...

Sheila Bohrer, a historical costume aficionado, spends her days surrounded by bolts of fabric and patterns, working furiously to make her vision come to life. After hours of laboring over the details ...

The Shelburne Falls Area Women’s Club is celebrating its 100th birthday this spring, and will kick off its centennial speaker series with a talk on the history of women’s clothing with Northampton ...