Costumes for Lowak Dance Troupe, Scene 2
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Wheeler shows us her costumes for the second number performed by the six couples, reflecting 18th century dress. Working from photographs she observed most women wore Victorian-style dresses. The cloth she used was authentic 18th-century prints, also using the era’s popular ribbons and jewelry; she plans to add a ribbon headdress. Men wore a Chickasaw hunting jacket and the turbans; she describes the details.
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