George Moutard Woodward 1801 cartoon on Fashion from Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
1800-1810 cotton apron-front dress
Cartoons have ridiculed and satirized fashion’s trends and fads and some of its more extreme styles for centuries, from editorial pages to popular comic strips. In partnership with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, this exhibition highlights select fads, trends, and innovations from the 19th century through the 1970s, pairing examples of the clothing itself with the comic strips, cartoons, paper-dolls, and comic books in which these styles appeared. The exhibit opened November 4, 2017 at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and ran through April 21, 2018.