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Date: 1900-1925

This is a cream cotton underbust corset with attached garters. Along with the back lacing, thee are lacing panels on either side of the busk and at the sides-back. These extra lacing sections are laced with a somewhat elastic braid. All the lacing…

Creator: Holly Hummel

Date: 2014-06-12 - 2014-06-15

An exhibition of selected garments (dating from 1836-1956) donated to the Vassar College Costume Collection. The exhibition took place in the Faculty Commons in the College Center at Vassar, from June 12-15, 2014.

Creator: Mark Cross

Date: 1945-1959

Cream leather ladies' gloves made by Mark Cross London. The gloves are machine sewn and the cream leather is soft and unbroken. A gold metal snap at the wrist secures each glove, with the Mark Cross logo on the plastic cap of each snap.

Date: 1925

Beige satin wedding dress with tan lace trim, pearls with accompanying bridal cap, bridal cap veil, and lace pieces. Straight chemise style over-dress with under-dress with fitted sleeves attached. Combination of hand-sewing and machine-sewing…

Date: 1925-1933

Cream satin wedding dress with train. The dress has a dropped waist, full circle skirt, long fitted sleeves, and scoop neck. The train attaches to the shoulders with hooks and eyes and snaps. The train has the same cream satin fabric and layered…

Date: 1920

Drop-waist dress of black chiffon with accents of green, orange, yellow, blue/purple in the beading and lining; knee length hem; boat neckline; long sleeves; snap closures along side seam; plastic beads on the skirt, neckline, bodice, and sleeves;…

Date: 1903

Cream lace wedding dress: lining made of silk taffeta; machine-made lace overdress. Square neckline; two darts bust to waist, two darts past the waist on the back, two small darts on side of lingerie straps of lining, all the darts are in the lining;…

Creator: Liberty of London (attributed)

Date: 1920-1929

Wheat-colored China silk dress with smocking details at neck, waist, and sleeves; bateau neckline, smocking coming to a small point in center front; gathered torso, giving a full, balloon effect to bodice; dropped shoulders with full sleeves, and…

Camisole was once white. Buttons down the front. Tank sleeves. Collar and armholes are trimmed with lace. Sage green silk ribbon inserted about the front and back collars of the camisole, so as to tie in the front.

Creator: R. H. Stearns Co. Boston

Date: 1920-1929

Peach Underwear Set with Lace; a) peach silk low cut bra with brown lace trim at top; silk ribbon arm straps; elastic at back with hook and eye closure; seam allowance pinked out at back; french seam at bottom

b) peach silk lingerie shorts with…

Creator: unknown photographer

Date: 1925

Kathryn Keeler Sherrill carrying the Daisy Chain for the commencement ceremony at Vassar College, 1925. Courtesy of Kathryn Keeler Sherrill VC 1927. 

peach underwear set with lace

black lace flapper dress; sleeveless, sheer, belt with flower rhinestone button, v-neck and back, lace and tull skirt, mid-calf length; black lace flapper dresssleeveless, sheer, belt with flower rhinestone button, v-neck and back, lace and tull…

dark green beaded gauze dress; A: Green cotton gauze and green silk chiffon dress, 1.5 inch beading embellishment on chiffon around neckline, hem, asymmetrically down side; shoulder and side seams open to waist

B: dark green netting and lace…

orange chiffon flapper dress; Two toned orange chiffon flapper dress; crepe skirt lining; left side drape