The two-venue exhibition in Newport coincides with HBO’s filming of “The Gilded Age.”
Taking to the open road is a summer ritual for millions, but a new joint exhibition in Newport, R.I., considers how that impacted fashion, women’s role in society and fashion’s impact on the automobile.
Instead of driving between the museum on Bellevue Avenue and the nearby historical society’s Touro Street location, exhibition-goers are encouraged to stroll along Bellevue Avenue to eye many of Newport’s historic mansions, including The Breakers, the 70-room manse that railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt built.
Along with a 1908 Packard Model Thirty gentleman’s roadster, a 1911 Rauch & Lang electric roadster and other cars, there will will be 40 pieces of dresses, shoes and accessories dating between 1893 and 1945. Most of the garments belonged to the three Vanderbilt women, who divided their time between Newport and New York. A trio of designs that Alice Vanderbilt bought at Maison Paquin, Jean Paquin’s couture house, in 1913 will be among the highlights.
All that open-road driving on unpaved dusty roads could take a toll on drivers’ and passengers’ appearances. Lightweight coats called “dusters” caught on for their practicality. Hooded versions, veiled hats, driving masks, goggles and gloves offered extra coverage and polished off the look.
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