When a woman went on holiday in the summer
during the 1940s, her wardrobe consisted of
morning, afternoon and evening wear.
Featured in this film are typical rayon afternoon
dresses snoods and hats of the period.
Bodices and wide brim hats were everywhere !
Of course there's an engagement in the air!
More tea anyone ?
Footage courtesy of Prelinger Archive...
Women's Fashion - Album Victorian Secrets/3/
In this episode of EXPLORING NEVADA youll take an undercover journeyto
discover the underwear secrets of fashionable women living during Victorian
times in Nevada.
With fashion-history expert Jan Loverin as guide, youll travel to historic
Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley for the inside scoop on how a genteel
lady of the times (as re-enacted by Paulette Grune of Sparks) donned
her corset, hoop skirt and other unmentionables.
Victorian Secrets - Part 1
Then youll get a private view of the genuine artifacts which are safeguarded at
the Nevada State Museums Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research
Center in Carson City, where Loverin oversees the study and preservation of
thousands of items of clothing used by Nevadans over the past two centuries.
Women's Fashion - Album /Victorian Secrets/2/
In this episode of EXPLORING NEVADA youll take an undercover journeyto
discover the underwear secrets of fashionable women living during Victorian times
in Nevada. With fashion-history expert Jan Loverin as guide, youll travel to historic
Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley for the inside scoop on how a genteel lady
of the times (as re-enacted by Paulette Grune of Sparks) donned her corset, hoop
skirt and other unmentionables.
The Center houses more than 10,000 artifacts ranging from the 19th century to
current-day fashions, and includes such items as the Inaugural Ball gowns
of Nevadas First Ladies, hats and shoes, mens and military wear, as well as items
from the Nevada Historical Society and the University of Nevada School
of Home Economics.
The Center is named for former First Lady Marjorie Guild Russell, whose father,
Judge Clark Guild, started the Nevada State Museum in 1939. It is open by
appointment to the public.
The video features period music performed by Sparks Little Theater for the Nevada
Womens History Project 2002 conference, at Pipers Opera House in Virginia City .
Since 1947, Miss Dior is the heart and soul of the House of Dior,
a link between the worlds of Parfumerie and Haute Couture.
Enter into the world of a fragrance synonymous absolute elegance.
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