Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on womens work

The Everyday Lives of Women’s Clothing

Colorful house coats, waitress uniforms, a corsage made from sugar cubes, a can of shoulder pads. These and many other items offer a peek into personal closets across eras in the exhibition Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore at the New York Historical (formerly New-York Historical Society), and a book of the same name (2023, Rizzoli Electa). Sourced from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection, a teaching archive dedic…

Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on womens work

Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy and perpetrator psychology The post Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on womens work appeared first on Jerusalem World News.