1926 Gymsuit Ensemble
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1993002
Title
1926 Gymsuit Ensemble
Description
1926 Gymsuit of Dorothy Reid Kittell VC 26, includes 2 white middy blouses with red trim and 1 pair of black bloomers with a red stripe down the side of each leg
Date
1926
Subject
Clothing and dress
Medium
cotton
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
United States
Temporal Coverage
1920s
Rights
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Rights Holder
© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.
Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
VC1993002
Color Main
white
Color Secondary
black
red
Wearer
Dorothy Reid Kittell VC'26
Donor
Dorothy Kittell Hesselman
Date Earliest
1926
Date Latest
1926
Culture
American
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Sport
Function
sports clothing
Exhibitions
Vassar Girls and Other Women
Public Information
This gymsuit was worn by Dorothy Reid in 1926 for a variety of sports activities, and specifically for a variety of victories, as evidenced by the headlines 'Vassar on the ''Running Track: Dot Reid Wins the 100- yard Hurdle Race' and 'Vassar Hockeyists Easy Victors Over New Amsterdam 8-0' among clippings from the New York Herald Tribune rotogravure section which were saved by her family. If you recognize this middy, it may be because the donor, who is the daughter of the original wearer, has been known to wear it to her Vassar reunions. In this gymsuit, the legs, arms, and neck are all exposed as they were not in previous periods. According to a theory of the art historian Anne Hollander, as presented in her book Seeing Through Clothes, the development first of still photography and then of the motion picture turned the viewer's focus to the body in motion and away from the body as a static form. The statuesque nineteenth century woman in a full length trained skirt was replaced by a woman with legs that were seen to move.
Condition Term
good
Mannequin
size 8 with legs
Storage Location
F7
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Kittell Hesselman, VC Class of 1951
Donation Date
5/31/1993
Exhibition Notes
from 'Vassar Girls and Other Women: 1854-1925'exhibition, June 1993: 8 1926 gymsuit of Dorothy Reid Kittell '26 1993.2abc Gift of Dorothy Kittell Hesselman '51, 1993 This gymsuit was worn by Dorothy Reid in 1926 for a variety of sports activities, and specifically for a variety of victories, as evidenced by the headlines 'Vassar on the ''Running Track: Dot Reid Wins the 100- yard Hurdle Race' and 'Vassar Hockeyists Easy Victors Over New Amsterdam 8-0' among clippings from the New York Herald Tribune rotogravure section which were saved by her family. If you recognize this middy, it may be because the donor, who is the daughter of the original wearer, has been known to wear it to her Vassar reunions!
Work Type
top
bloomers
Pattern
stripes
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