Three students from a visiting French class, wearing a hoopskirt, a farthingale, and paniers during a visit to the Vassar College Costume Collection for "Trying on History"
Two students from the group Project AWARE, posing on a sofa in full costume during a visit to the Vassar College Costume Collection for "Trying on History"
Blue silk velvet; drop waist dress; V-neck; sleeveless; asymmetrical drop waist curving down to the right; large bow with one tail at left hip; fuller skirt, below knee; waist seam at back curves up to the left. ; Drop waist dress; v-neck;…
white petticoat w/ruffle at hem - very plain; white petticoat w/ruffle at hem - very plain-mid-calf-length, full skirt, gored, ruffle at hem, hook and eye closure
white petticoat w/buttoned slits at front & lace at hem; white petticoat w/buttoned slits at front & lace at hem-cotton drawstring waist petticoat, tucks below knee, buttoned slits at hem, cotton crocheted lace at hem
Dress of sheer yellow and ivory cotton batiste with embroidered trim; cord tie neckline with tassels at ends; cap sleeves; band of fabric defining dropped waist; skirt gathered onto dropped waist; ivory embroidered trim on skirt (single strand…