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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…"

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…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… details seen in some Wiener Werkstätte design and other Viennese reform dress. Perhaps the patterning was inspired by a magazine illustration."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… particularly striking and unmistakably "New Look" inspired examples in the collection. A tiny black and white check rustling nylon seersucker…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… range from attractive basic day, to evening wear inspired by the cinema. The large number and variety of long 1930s dresses preserved in the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… enjoyed the relative freedom of loose, partly classically inspired short waisted gowns, notably made of cotton, fashion’s new favorite fabric."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… dress—that emerged after Sergei Diagilev's Asian-inspired costumed Ballets Russes burst on the Paris scene in 1909, and later toured the United…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… 1970s, exotic, richly embellished fashions inspired by an eclectic mix of embroidered ethnic dress culled from regions worldwide."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"French-inspired silk coat, ca. 1800Maine Historical Society Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow's spencer jacket, Portland, 1827Maine Historical…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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