Browse Exhibits (2 total)
For Better and For Worse
For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar
May 23-June 9, 2013 at the Palmer Gallery, Main Building, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
In 2007, Vassar received a donation of four wedding dresses from the same Vassar family—three generations of dresses. The upcoming exhibition includes these four dresses, plus a fifth dress on loan to represent the fourth generation, as well as other wedding wear and photographs collected over the years. Explore changing views of marriage over the last 160 years, including current views on marriage equality.
Fashioning an Education
Fashioning an Education: 150 Years of Vassar Students and What They Wore
May 16-June 12, 2011 at the Palmer Gallery, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
To celebrate the college’s 150th anniversary, the Vassar College Costume Collection shared student research about the complex role that education has played to influence fashion. This exhibition showcased student clothing from the 1860′s to 1950′s and photographs of student styles from the 1960′s to today.