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Dressing up, courtesy of Allegra Shunk, VC2009

Photograph of Helen M. Slade, Class of 1894This portrait, like several others from the mid-1890s and beyond, pictures a Vassar student wearing an assertive, menswear-inspired ensemble, a style adopted largely by the so-called emancipated women at…

Photograph of Katherine Iris Arnold, Class of 1895. This Vassar graduate chose to wear a style, which includes lapels and a stand collar, very similar to the green taffeta dress, VC1992014. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar…

Photograph of Fanny Simpson, Class of 1902Fanny Simpson, another bridesmaid in Grace Woodworth’s wedding and a Vassar graduate of 1902, was a social butterfly and fashion enthusiast who donned very feminine, fashionable dress. Courtesy of Archives…

This Vassar graduate wore her blazer with plaid bermuda shorts, loafers, and short socks.

Photograph of Sarah S. Graham ‘35wearing her Class Day dress at her reunion in 1960. Courtesy of her niece, Margie Mitchell.

1950s Students in Vassar Blazers, also wearing bermuda shorts, loafers or keds, and short socks.

The Axies, from the 2000 Vassarion

Basketball player, from the 2000 Vassarion

Date: 1877

B. Altman & Co. store opens at 301 Sixth Avenue in 1877, at the location that had been his brother's store before his death.