Saturday, Aug. 10th – 1:00 PM
Join local historian and Historic Cold Spring Village interpreter Margaret Strolle (BA, College of William and Mary; MA, Villanova University) to learn about the wide role fashion and dress played in Early America from getting the clothes on backs to how they reflected domestic and international politics.
Program Title: Handcrafting an American Style, 1700-1865
In Early America, fashion and dress played an important role in everyday life and society. In early America Cape May County, many women made their own and their family’s clothes from scratch with help from family and neighbors. However, as the Industrial Revolution went on, innovations allowed more American women to both participate in the fashionable world and potentially lessen their labor spent on clothing. Discussions sprouted on what role fashion should play in the young United States and how it should shape its citizens.
The lecture is Free to attend with the purchase of a Village entrance ticket or to Members of HCSV.
Generously Sponsored by: PNC Bank
