Newport, Resort City of Fashion, 1870-1920: A Newport Historical Society Lecture
Newport, Resort City of Fashion, 1870-1920: A Newport Historical Society Lecture
The talk featuring Rebecca Kelly will highlight Newport, Rhode Island as a resort fashion capital that propelled New York’s sportswear industry. During the Gilded Age vibrant “Gibsonesque”, women wearing simple shirtwaists and walking skirts for golf, tennis, or out driving in Newport became the idealized version of the sporty American woman.