Posts Tagged: Progressive Era
In writing about the world of Concordia Wells, I have to make sure the lady professor and her colleagues are always suitably attired in the style of the day. I use a variety of sources for descriptions and sketches of what these ladies wore during the Progressive Era. Two of my favorite books for research…
Today’s flashback looks at a popular phenomenon of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, the “Gibson Girl.” She was the creation of artist Charles Dana Gibson (for a detailed biography, click here), and she was everywhere: in the magazines of Life, Collier’s Weekly, Harper’s, and Scribner’s, to name the major ones. Her look was iconic, and quickly…
