09/06/2018
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Nickels-Sortwell House Barn
121 Main St.
Event Type
Ever wonder what it felt like to wear a bustle or a hoop? Find out at this interactive historic fashion workshop as Site Manager and historic costume collector Peggy Konitzky takes you on the wild ride of women’s fashion from 1805 through 1925. The workshop will be held Thursday, September 6 at 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Nickels-Sortwell House barn in Wiscasset. See fashions through the decades in an illustrated talk, and take an up-close and personal look at examples of the kind of clothes the women of Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House wore. Try on a bustle for yourself!
Peggy Konitzky is Historic New England Site Manager for Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House in Wiscasset, both built in 1807, Marrett House in Standish, built in 1789 and the Bowman Estate in Dresden.
Nickels-Sortwell House is located at 121 Main Street in Wiscasset. The barn entrance is around the corner on Federal Street.
Admission is $15 Historic New England members, $25 nonmembers. Advance registration is required. Buy online at
http://shop.historicnewengland.org/NIC-FASHION-9960/ or call 207-882-7169. online.