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An exhibit at the Met showcases the “mourning attire” of an era

Veronique Hyland quotes Harold Koda in an article from The Cut:

“It was really unseemly for a woman not to go through full mourning.” (Which, if you’re keeping track, involved a year and a day of “full mourning,” an additional year of so-called “half-mourning,” and another six months of “ordinary mourning.”)

Read about the latest costume exhibit, Death Becomes Her, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art via The Cut, on NYmag.com .

 

 

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