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2. Feed sack dress - Wikipedia

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   Feed sack dress. Feed sack dresses, flour sack dresses, or feedsack dresses were a common article of clothing in rural US and Canadian communities from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century. They were made at home, usually by women, using the cotton sacks in which flour, sugar, animal feed, seeds, and other commodities were ...

3. Ashley's sack - Wikipedia

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   Charleston, S.C. [ 1 ] Ashley's sack is a mid-1800s cloth sack featuring an embroidered text that recounts the slave sale of a nine-year-old girl named Ashley and the parting gift of the sack by her mother, Rose. Rose filled the sack with a dress, braid of her hair, pecans, and "my love always". The gift was likely passed down to Ashley's ...

4. Women's oversized fashion in the United States since the 1920s

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   The 1920s were marked by a post-war aesthetic. After World War I, the fashion world experienced a great switch: from tight corsets and hobble skirts—to shapeless, oversized, and sparsely decorated garments. [1] Women began to wear more comfortable fashions, including blousy skirts and trousers.

5. The Mystery of ’60s Designer Tzaims Luksus and ... - AOL

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   Born James Henry Luksus in Chicago on January 1, 1932, Tzaims began designing feed-sack dresses for his mother on the family farm when he was 12, according to Leigh Wishner of the Fashion ...

6. Feeding fashion: Historical Museum exhibit focuses on ... - AOL

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   What: traveling exhibition on the Depression- and World War II-era upcycling of feed sacks into garments and other household items. Where: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main ...

7. Category:American clothing - Wikipedia

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   Category:American clothing. Category. : American clothing. This category describes traditional and historic American clothing. Modern American clothing should be categorised under American fashion or Clothing companies of the United States. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clothing of the United States.