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"Under It All" features the undergarments of the time. Members of the audience are chosen to become a part of the program, modeling various pieces of clothing including chemises, petticoats, pantaloons, corsets, corset covers, and wire hoop cages. These interactions are coupled with excerpts from old diaries as well as historic records and actual letters written during the Victorian Era. Through these programs audience members are given insight into roles of women and men of this historic period and the impact society had on these roles. I offer an extensive exhibit of antique undergarments from that time period, which audiences enjoy immensely |
"Hats, Fans, Bustles and Bows" allows the audience to enter the dressing rooms of four distinctly unique women. Each of these women is from a different social class during the Victorian Period. Again, audience members become part of the program as each woman dresses and prepares to start her day. The scullery maid, the serving maid, the young maiden, and the wife of an industrialist clearly have separate daily concerns, different social expectations, duties, and restrictions. The exhibit for this program deals with undergarments and outer garments of the Victorian Era for men and women. |