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​“There are some things that a bride must remember: her bodice must be high in the neck; her sleeves reach quite to the wrists, and her gown must be full, unbroken folds that show the richness of the material, and there must not be even a suggestion of such frivolities as frills or ribbons of any kind.”

The Huntington Historical Society Costume collection contains thousands of clothing items, donated since the founding of the Society in 1903. The items range from the glorious to the mundane, from old to new, from excellent condition to poor, from hand made to machine made.