Ladies Day Blends Historic Fashions, Current Issues JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent YORK (York Co.)— Fashions The historic fashion show was from a century ago and front- in honor of this year’s celebration burner agriculture issues shared of York’s 250th birthday. Tamara center stage at the Pennsylvania Funk, educational coordinator for Farmers’ Association regional the York Historic Society, spoke ladies day out program, held April on the significance of clothing in 10 at Wisehaven Hall. helping to trace historic develop- About 100 member women from ment and on how to most safely the southeastern area of the state store garments. attended the PFA region 1 gather- “When you learn to ‘read’ do ing, hosted by the York County thing, you can learn so much Style from a gold brocade-like fabric, this late 1890’s top of an evening gown survived for posterity. Special occa sion garments are primarily what have survived the decades, rather than everyday and work clothing. Telephone: (717)866-6581 W MANUFACTURERS of NS LAMINATED RAFTERS X and WOOD ROOF TRUSSES 701 E. Linden St., RICHLAND, PA 17087 70’x160’ Uni-Arch Riding Arena - Culpepper, VA After 33 years in the Lebanon Valley area, the Rigidply Rafters name continues as a testament to the superior work produced by this family owned business. Rigidply currently employs over 75 people and operates a 100,000 square feet manufacturing plant in Richland, PA. Along with being a wood lammator and a wood truss manufacturer, we carry a wide variety of building materials, from foundation treated lumber to various roof ing items Everyone at Rigidply Rafters is fully committed to serving our custom ers and providing them with the finest products available. You deserve the best. Farmers’ Association’s women’s committee. about social history, technologi cal, social and moral changes,” Tamara said of the study of fabrics and costuming. “Construction details change, hand to machine construction changed; you can see economic and trade history in clothing.” “Museum collections tend to be skewed though,” she notes. “Women’s clothing was saved more than men’s. Small peoples’ clothing survived more readily than that of larger people, which was re-used or restyled for others. Wealthy people saved clothing more than poorer people, and those fabrics were the more expensive.” Because the average and large sized items are the ones that have tended to survive intact. Thus, ear lier generations were often assumed to have been smaller built than today’s generation, a theory disputed by recent studies, says Tamara. And, as a show of hands among the audience attested, special gar ments - like wedding dresses - are what was, and still is, preserved. Everyday items, when they were completely worn out or beyond remaking, went for rags, leaving few work clothing items for col lectors and museum display. Museums use some special techniques for garment preserva tion, but some are just careful methods of storage that are adapt able for home use, says the museum costume specialist Garments should be kept out of (Turn to Page B 3) MEMBER TRUSS PLATE INSTITUTE **** flu"llDI»^ SS ° Leslie Shelburne, museum teacher for the York Histori cal Society, modeled a 1860’s ensemble of black velvet accented with an accessory again popular, a white lace collar. «j<Ml . Hartersjnc. 80’x200’ Clear Span Truss Riding Arena - Lehighton, PA 86’x180’ Gothic Arch Riding Arena - Elmira, NY «-vj' PRODUCTS WE MANUFACTURE -y; S *■«« X ' s \ 9ft * »
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