Although women over the 1837-1901 period made HUGE gains, each country was slow in progress towards women’s right to vote, elimination of slavery, marriage and ownership laws, and equality in the work place. Under Queen Victoria, England was the first among Europeans (Scandanavians), and Americans to abolish slavery, give the …
… as we discussed in detail earlier this summer. There were those of rich and noble blood, and then there were poor. BUT, as was happening in America, there was a rising middle class made of merchants, industrialists, and financiers. They walked among the previously “taboo” royal or noble elite …
The Buffalo Gals costumed interpreters will be walking in the Cody Stampede parades in Cody, WY July 3 & 4 ’18. This year’s theme “Wyoming – Buckin’ thru Time” is PERFECT for us! Get there early to see… weird horse costumes?? and other things western..
… become so enamored with the American spirit, the casual and less structured lifestyle of Americans, and particularly the romantic American West, that the English and Europeans would start to “peek” at American women to set the fashion trends. Stories of Daniel Boone at the turn of the 18th into …
In 1837 when Victoria was crowned Queen of England, American independence from England was only 54 years old. Most people in America had a family member or some connection to the War and England in some way. In that same time, England had gone through 3 King Georges and the …
… having gone “round about” the Victorian Fashion Era (1837-1901 ish), as we were discussing the Aesthetic and Reform “counter fashion” movements at the same time which removed the corsets from some, and put women in fine fabrics and comfortable style, with the exception of a few things like wool …
… before we get back to the serious history of fashion. Here are a couple of favorites from behind the scenes of our recent show….
Our newest Gal in her first production, Ellie is a nursing student. She was so thrilled (and a bit dangerous) with her authentic tools, including a 1910 syringe pump. We had very little time to get this ensemble together; thank goodness in 1910 things were made on a machine. The …
Kateria “Kat” is a dynamic performer in her 1895 Traveling Reporter Leg ‘O Mutton sleeve ensemble. Close to her own truth as she is a student in criminal investigation, her fictional character is from New York City, and travels to the west of Wyoming to solve a crime. The outfit, …
…a young woman from Towson, Maryland (near Baltimore). The character is very simple; young women of means of the era had little more to do than care for slaves and indentured servants, and to marry well. The rest of the time was spent hosting or attending parties. Jacinta’s imagined family, …
