Maude Adams and Fashion
Just as in today's world, during the time Maude Adams was very popular people wanted to imitate her and so various fashions ended up being named after her. the other type of reference is to the clothes she is wearing, just like the tabloids describe the clothes famous actresses of today wear.
 Syracuse Daily Standard, Feb. 17, 1896. |
 The Times Democrat, March 30, 1896 |
 The Daily Review, Jan. 9, 1898 |
 The North Adams Transcript, June 22, 1898 |
 The Mansfield News, March 17, 1899 |
 The Daily Northwestern, July 7, 1899 |
 The Fitchburg Sentinel, July 28, 1899 |
 The News (MD), June 13, 1900 |
 The Massilon Independent, Jan. 3, 1901 |
The top left article is about the type of gowns that she wore. The next article describes her clothes while she acts and notes that she looks like a "pretty schoolgirl" when seen on the street. The third article describes how she looks when on the street and, interestingly enough, her companion is Richard Harding Davis who was rumored to have been engaged to her. The fourth article is another about her general appearance, but makes allusion to rumors of just how thin she really is. THe final article in the top row describes her as "frail" and "girlish" in appearance.
Row two, left, describes her hair style. The next one refers to "Maude Adams Hats". The next article describes the summer "stock" called the Maude Adams. Unfortuantely, I don't know what "stock" refers to, although from the context it could be a kind of dress. The final article refers to a "collar", an attachment at the top of a dress, named L'Aiglon, after Maude Adams in the play of the same name. Some decades later the "Peter Pan" collar became quite the thing for dresses for girls.
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