Spring has almost sprung and it is not much longer before you will need to plan a vacation. If your traveling in the northeastern part of the good ole’ USA, and looking for an educational fashion tour, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Museum of Art is featuring Making a Splash: American Beach Fashions, 1850-1920.
Here are the following details from their site:
“In complement to the exhibition, Impressionists by the Sea, Making a Splash uses original costume items along with period photographs and prints to explore fashions worn at the American seaside in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The exhibition examines the roots of American bathing costumes in reform dress for water cures and private exercise, as well as exploring the beach as a setting for relaxation, public recreation and the promenading the latest fashions on the boardwalk.”
Visit now through July 13,2008. Please post here if you do visit this exhibit and give us some more insight.
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