Keywords: Military inspired fashions
Item 105977
Zouave-inspired bolero jacket, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: wool, cotton, glass
Item 111687
Historically inspired young boy's suit, Portland, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton
Exhibit
The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century
"… details and trimmings, and probably inspired by French fashion prints, her delicate bloused-bodice peach and cream leafy print voile dress is…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4
"While French fashions inspired design, fashion conscious U.S. consumers began to recognize and appreciate the work of American designers such as…"
