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American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

Missing from the Costume Institute’s impeccable new exhibit on the history of American women’s fashion are the working-class female archetypes who shaped our styles today, says Daily Beast style columnist Kate Betts.

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Courtesy Archives of American Illustrators Gallery NYC and National Museum of American Illustration, Newport RI ,