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| Annual Meeting, October 2005 details to be announced; program: Unlacing the Victorian Woman
You can find out by attending Unlacing the Victorian Woman, presented by costume designer and historian Barbara Meyer Darlin at Hurley Reformed Church, Saturday, October 1, 2005, at 2:00 P.M. This event is part of the Deyo Family Association Annual Reunion weekend. This popular program has been described as a one-woman fashion show, a social history lesson, a conceptual -performance/lecture, and a Victorian striptease. Call it what you will, Unlacing the Victorian Woman is a delightful performance that entertains and instills a contemporary reality to history. As she changes—onstage—into the outfits worn by a turn-of-the- century lady in a typical day, she shows the audience two typical ensembles for day wear, complete with all the unmentionables. Audience volunteers help lace the corset and hook the garments. Throughout the program, Ms. Darlin explains women’s role in the Victorian society, daily routines, and social customs and etiquette. Ms. Darlin earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University, and has 30 years experience in costuming for theater. She is a member of the Costume Society of America. She has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine and Main Line Today, and has spoken at museums, retirement communities, schools — elementary through college, historical societies, and women’s organizations, drawing enthusiastic audience response. |
When a Victorian woman said she was going to dress for
dinner, it may well have been her fourth change of clothes that day! And did
you ever wonder what they wore under those fancy, cumbersome dresses?