Women immerse themselves in 1800s clothing, culture. Marina Brown Special to the Democrat. ... a kind of women’s auxiliary to the local men’s Civil War reenacting group called the Leon Rifles.

Bay Village Historical Society President Cathy Flament models a plaid taffeta skirt from the 1880s and a hand-decorated, modified pork-pie hat in the group's recent historical fashion show.

DELAVAN, Wis. � A needle and a spool of thread have given Beverly Wassam a lot of insight into women of the past. In addition to running Another Time dress shop, she�s sewn for Old World ...

KENOSHA — “Public Freedom/Private Space” is a new exhibit on view through fall of 2020 at the Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place.

A Victor Costa-designed dress from 1993 for a wedding in Scotland with embroidered thistles features style elements from the late 1800s including a dust ruffle beneath the dress, covered buttons ...

1800s women’s magazine is source of Godey prints Antiques: ... and she was a leader in the fight for women’s rights. ... At one dress rehearsal the costumes were ready but the jewelry was missing.

Oregon's Adelaide Beeman-White dresses like she time-traveled her from the 1800s, rocking feather hats, parasols and even sewing and mending her own clothing. She parties like it’s 1899.