In a new museum exhibition, fashion connoisseurs and history lovers will get a golden opportunity to view rare examples of period clothing that reflect trends in style over time.
The museum exhibition tiled, "Dress Up," gets underway at the Monmouth County Historical Association, Court Street, Freehold, on September 19.
The show will display about 50 special occasion dresses, suits and personal accessories such as shoes, hats and jewelry in addition to a selection of portraits, photographs, advertising cards and ephemera that illustrate fashion.
The other clothing exhibits are: an amethyst brocade gown worn by a Monmouth County woman to a reception honoring William Tecumseh Sherman after the Civil War, and a dress of pale pink silk worn by a young Monmouth County girl to her first formal dance in 1840.
The exhibition, which runs through July 2007, will also display a Rudy Gernrich dress from the early 1970s.
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