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Jan 2024
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Dressed Classic, Fashion History Mystery...

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This week we explore the symbiotic relationships between modern women, fashion, and cars at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Recommended reading:

  • Dorothy Levitt's 1909 guidebook
  • FIDM's "Traveling Duster" blog
  • A'Lelia Bundles's On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
  • Georgine Clarsen's Eat My Dust: Early Women Moderists
  • Emily Remus's A Shoppers’ Paradise: How the Ladies of Chicago Claimed Power and Pleasure in the New Downtown

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