Get a lesson on the History of Fashion with Katie Raynes, Roleplaying Coordinator at Strawbery Banke Museum! In this program you’ll learn about fashion trends from the 1700s-1950s, why trends changed, and how fashion differed between wealthy and average people. Historical costumes will be on display and models will demonstrate outfits from different time periods.

Katie Raynes (they/them) is the Roleplaying Coordinator at Strawbery Banke Museum, a living history museum in Portsmouth, NH that covers 400+ years of history in one waterside community. As part of their position, they are responsible for the maintenance of the museum’s costume collection and research into historical fashion. Katie has a BA in English with a minor in history and an MA in English Literature from the University of New Hampshire. They have published several best-selling novels in LGBTQA+ fiction.

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