Women's Sporting Fashions: A visit to the Figge Museum (19th and 20th century history, fashion)

If you love history like we do, you'll adore Sarah's books! Be sure to find them on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/... The word "museum" comes from an Ancient Greek word meaning "a temple to the Muses." Museums provide inspiration to all of us. In this video author Sarah A. Chrisman shares a recent visit to the exhibit, "Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960", currently at the Figge Museum in Davenport, Iowa, and on loan from FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising). Showcasing fashions fro the full 19th-century and the first half of the 20th-century, this display had some particularly fine examples of women's sports clothing through the years. Garments on display at the museum included cycling outfits from the 19th-century, a 19th-century roller blading outfit, a mountaineering dress from the 1890's, a hunting dress from the 1840's, a fur-lined ice skating outfit from the 1810's, a croquet dress, 19th-century swimwear, 19th-century archery gear, tennis outfits, Victorian fencing outfits for women, a gardening dress from the 1830's, equestrian dresses, rain gear, a summer corset with sleeve supports, a traveling dress from the 1870's, a cricket dress, picnicking outfits, a Redfern promenading ensemble for Royal Ascot, a chatelaine belt with fans, women's golfing clothes from the 1890's, a winter walking outfit with feathered cape from the 1820's, a toboganing dress, yachting outfits, and more.

My Tales of Chetzemoka Cycling Club Historical Fiction book series:
1 "First Wheel in Town: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
2 "Love Will Find A Wheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
3 "A Rapping At the Door: A Victorian Cycling Club Suspense Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
4 "Delivery Delayed: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
5 "A Trip And A Tumble: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
6 "Three Women Awheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
7 "Spark's Press: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
8 "A Bumpy Road to Marriage: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C...
9 "Where the Sea Turns A Corner: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F...

My non-fiction:
2020: A Private Diary From A Time When Humanity Went Mad but (despite predictions to the contrary) the World Didn't End https://tinyurl.com/yfskwc74
Victorian Secrets https://tinyurl.com/5y74dnk2
This Victorian Life https://tinyurl.com/bdfns6mt

My Victorian anthologies
A Rose Commencement (Graduation stories for girls and young women) https://tinyurl.com/3ynnt4cr
Christmas Every Day https://tinyurl.com/4ae8cmhr
The Haunted Wheel https://tinyurl.com/ff4x7up4
Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving And Some Old-Time Folks: Victorian Thanksgiving Stories, Articles, Recipes and Menus From the 19th-Century: https://tinyurl.com/3444uada