Newport: Gilded Age Fashion Capital

Recorded November 30, 2023

Textile and dress historian Rebecca J. Kelly and Keren Ben-Horin, curatorial scholar in women’s history, highlight Gilded Age Newport as a resort fashion capital and explore the enterprising women behind the famed clothing and millinery shops along Bellevue Avenue that propelled New York’s sportswear industry.

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