Saturday, April 28, 11 am – 4 pm, and Sunday, April 29, 12 pm – 4 pm
Free with Museum Admission
All ages

What are the exclamation points of an outfit? Look at the heads and toes of historical clothing to uncover the answer at our special ‘touch table’ following the opening weekends of Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes and Feathers: Fashion and the Fight for Wildlife.

Join Raissa Bretaña, fashion historian and DiMenna Children’s History Museum Living Historian, for a journey into yesterday’s looks. Explore samples of shoes and hats from long ago, discover how they were made in the past, and make your own faux feather to take home!
 

Images
Sears, Roebuck, & Co., “Ladies Fine Shoes,” New-York Historical Society Library TS199.S43 1897a.
Mme. Fauchère, “Ostrich & Fancy Feathers” Ad, New-York Historical Society Library PR 031, Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera.
Window Shopping Photo, New-York Historical Society Library PR 009, Browning Photograph Collection.