University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Screen to Store - Husker Research Shows '30s Nebraskans Embraced Film Fashion
June 14, 2022
June 14, 2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
By the end of "Gone with the Wind," Rhett Butler didn't give a damn about Scarlett O'Hara, but millions of American women did -- and gave rapt attention to her multiple costumes.
The mid-19th century fashion depicted in the film, with its corsets and hoop skirts, wasn't particularly practical for 1939, when the film debuted. But de . . .
By the end of "Gone with the Wind," Rhett Butler didn't give a damn about Scarlett O'Hara, but millions of American women did -- and gave rapt attention to her multiple costumes.
The mid-19th century fashion depicted in the film, with its corsets and hoop skirts, wasn't particularly practical for 1939, when the film debuted. But de . . .