Friday, October 11, 2024
Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council hosts Victorian dress class
www.ktalnews.com: “So I’m gonna teach students and a few of my friends how to sew Victorian costumes.” says Darlene Taylor, a local artist and the class’s instructor, “We’re gonna be doing a top waist and also a underskirt and over skirt.”
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Victorian costumes are so cool! They are so complicated to sew thought, so it’s really cool that they are making it a class open to the public. What’s especially fascinating to me about the Victorian fashions were the hats. They had so many different kinds! I find the evolution of hats/headwear throughout history fascinating. Something that originated as purely a remedy for cold turned to fashion, and through history has often been used as a marker of social class and wealth. Beyond that, I just find hats cool. It’s sad to me that modern fashion has hats going by the wayside, and all you really see is baseball caps and beanies for cold weather. Cloche hats, flat caps, bowler hats have all disappeared, and even full-brimmed hats have mostly gone away except for tourists. I would love to take a Victorian hats class and learn more about the hats of the past!
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