Great post! I'll be interested to see what you have to say about the Aesthetic movement and dress reform in the late nineteenth century. That is the period I am most interested in, and I'm curious to know what materials NYPL has on those subjects. I know a lot about what was happening in the English Aesthetic movement, but less about the American adoption of it, after Wilde's lectures etc. I was fascinated to see the exhibition at the Costume Institute 8 years ago (I think it was that long ago) that included many Aesthetic-style dresses worn by women like Mrs. Carnegie and others. Sadly there was no catalog for that exhibition, so there was not a lot of actual information about the movement in America.
Great post! I'll be
Great post! I'll be interested to see what you have to say about the Aesthetic movement and dress reform in the late nineteenth century. That is the period I am most interested in, and I'm curious to know what materials NYPL has on those subjects. I know a lot about what was happening in the English Aesthetic movement, but less about the American adoption of it, after Wilde's lectures etc. I was fascinated to see the exhibition at the Costume Institute 8 years ago (I think it was that long ago) that included many Aesthetic-style dresses worn by women like Mrs. Carnegie and others. Sadly there was no catalog for that exhibition, so there was not a lot of actual information about the movement in America.