Explores, through text and illustrations, how fashions and clothes reflect the social, political, and cultural climate of their time.

Explores the real story behind the world's favorite fashion doll and examines her limitless roles and incarnations.

"Brought to life for the first time outside the attic in which they were stored for generations, here are more than 300 garments and accessories, beautifully preserved and complemented by archival objects, family photographs, and letters, as well as evocative descriptions of whom the garments belonged to, when they were made or bought, and even where they were worn, all by members of the Roddis family of Marshfield, Wisconsin. Author Jane Bradbury...

"In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fashions and the social and economic changes of the time, they made clothing choices based upon their personal aspirations and their practical everyday needs. Providing an overview of fashion influences for each decade from the 1860s to the end of the century, Everyday Fashion in Found Photographs presents...

This program talks about the feel of fashion and how fashion affects our lives. It takes a close-up look at hats and hairstyles. It talks about how age affects fashion - being "old enough" or "too old" for the current style. And it talks about how sometimes a particular age is "in style" at one time or another. There's a look at how fashion is affected by the world it lives in - war, the economy, technology, movies, and the demands of changing lifestyles....

"A provocative look at late 19th-century French fashion, which discredits the couturier as "genius creator" and makes you think differently about the impact of the American women who influenced the market"--