Real Clothes, Real Lives
New-York Historical Society, 2024
On view through June 22, 2025
Graphic design: Kira Hwang
Starting with polka-dotted smocks and ending on a waist-defining floral
wrap dress, “Real Clothes, Real Lives” takes the viewer on a journey in
just a handful of glass cases, proving just how far we have come over
the past 200 years.
—Carolyn Twersky, W Magazine
This groundbreaking exhibition drawing from the Smith College Historical Costume Collection, examines the everyday clothing of ordinary women, from hard-worn house dresses to psychedelic micro minis and modern suits to fast-food workers’ uniforms.
Press: Vogue, Time Out, Apollo Magazine
—Carolyn Twersky, W Magazine
This groundbreaking exhibition drawing from the Smith College Historical Costume Collection, examines the everyday clothing of ordinary women, from hard-worn house dresses to psychedelic micro minis and modern suits to fast-food workers’ uniforms.
Press: Vogue, Time Out, Apollo Magazine
Photos courtesy of Glenn Castellano, N-YHS
