With shimmer, 1920s fashion exhibit displays influencers' power
August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
They had been danced in, sweat on, spritzed with perfume and maybe even survived a spilled illicit drink or two in a Prohibition-era speak-easy.
Two glittering flapper party dresses restored by a Cornell student and other historical Cornell pieces now on display demonstrate how 1920s influencers including Cornell faculty members helped create societal shifts that allowed women to claim more freed . . .
They had been danced in, sweat on, spritzed with perfume and maybe even survived a spilled illicit drink or two in a Prohibition-era speak-easy.
Two glittering flapper party dresses restored by a Cornell student and other historical Cornell pieces now on display demonstrate how 1920s influencers including Cornell faculty members helped create societal shifts that allowed women to claim more freed . . .