Costumes Society Of America Grant

Contents Include: The Formative Years of the Textile Color Card Association of the United States; Dior's New England Look: A Context for American Adoption of the Carolle Aesthetic; Sharing Historic Costume Collections; Stella Blum Grant Report: Styling Loyalist Diaspora; etc.

An annual journal as pictured. The table on contents is in the second photo.

Dancing electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling shares her unconventional journey in an inspiring memoir filled with the energy, persistence, and humor that have helped her successfully pursue a passion outside the box.A classically trained musician gone rogue, Lindsey Stirling is the epitome of independent, millennial-defined success: after being voted off the set of America’s Got Talent, she went on to amass more than ten million social media fans, record two full-length albums, release multip... [Read More]

In the early 1940s, American designer Emily Wilkens went beyond her previous experience in children's wear to create costumes for two teenage characters in a Broadway play. Recognizing the growing importance of the teenager in American culture, she soon launched Emily Wilkens Young Originals, the first designer label specializing in upscale, fashionable clothing for teenage girls. Within the space of a few years, Wilkens skyrocketed from obscurity to national recognition, yet even today many fashion insiders would not recognize her name. Fashion historian Rebecca Jumper Matheson explores intertwining stories of female agency through the history of Wilkens and her teenage

The Sunbonnet: An American Icon in Texas (Costume Society of America Series)

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