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On Oct. 21, 1910, the live musical comedy “The White Hen” opened at Petaluma’s Hill Opera House, setting off a new fashion craze in town. The fashion foray was led by the traveling theater company’s ...

Leading the way towards this silhouette, last seen in 1889, is London`s most directional designer, Katherine Hamnett. Her newest skirt has been gathered up, pulled taut at the front and the slack ...