Gone with the Width: A Living History Experience
Interactive Victorian Fashion Living History Adventure for Schools & Homeschool Groups
Step into the dramatic and surprising world of Victorian fashion through this exciting hands-on living history adventure where students become part of the show.
In Gone with the Width, students explore the fascinating evolution of Victorian fashion from hoop skirts to bustles through live dressing demonstrations, audience participation, fashion challenges, historical storytelling, and interactive activities designed especially for schools and homeschool groups.
This is not a sit-and-listen history program.
Students actively participate as:
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live fashion models
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dressing assistants
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Victorian etiquette volunteers
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audience participants in exciting fashion demonstrations
Throughout the program, students help transform a “Victorian lady” layer by layer as they discover the surprising truth hidden beneath 19th-century fashion.
Students experience:
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corsets
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hoop skirts
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bustles
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petticoats
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Victorian accessories
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dramatic fashion transformations
Students may:
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help dress a live Victorian model
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compare hoop skirts and bustles
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test movement in Victorian clothing
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explore how fashion shaped daily life
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learn the hidden rules of Victorian society
This highly interactive Victorian living history experience combines:
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hands-on learning
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audience participation
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live dressing demonstrations
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immersive storytelling
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fashion history
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women’s history
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social history
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humor and historical surprises
Perfect for:
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Schools
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Homeschool groups
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Museums
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Libraries
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Victorian history studies
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Women’s history curriculum
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Humanities education
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Grades K–12
Educational themes include:
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Victorian fashion history
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Hoop skirts and bustles
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Corsets and undergarments
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Victorian social customs
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Women’s history
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Daily life in the 1800s
Teachers and homeschool educators love this immersive educational program because students are constantly involved, laughing, learning, participating, and connecting to history through unforgettable visual and hands-on experiences
Bring Victorian Fashion History to Life
In Gone with the Width, students experience the beauty, humor, challenges, and dramatic transformation of Victorian fashion through unforgettable hands-on living history adventure.
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