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Thanks, it has pockets! (A History)

August 14, 2025October 22, 2025 Kimberly Bryant, Communications

How many of us have girls, or were girls, who gathered treasures like magpies when children? Shiny rocks, downy feathers, Polly Pockets… items that captured our fancies and filled our pencil boxes and Caboodles. But how did we carry them … Continue reading Thanks, it has pockets! (A History)

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A Corset Story

May 19, 2021July 5, 2025 Kimberly Bryant, Communications

Of course, we’ve all seen women walking the lanes at the Renaissance festival in gorgeous court gowns, shimmery fairy costumes, and simpler merchant-class dresses. But perhaps there is no more ubiquitous clothing item at the RenFaire than the corset. Curvy, … Continue reading A Corset Story

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Thanks, it has pockets! (A History)

A Corset Story