トレイシーリースさんのインスタグラム写真 - (トレイシーリースInstagram)「On the final Friday of Black History month, we would like to highlight Elizabeth Keckley, born an enslaved woman in Dinwiddie County, Virginia in 1818, she was a seamstress, author, and philanthropist. Despite hardships, with determination, a network of supporters, and valuable dressmaking skills, she eventually bought her freedom for$1,200. She made her way to Washington, D.C. in 1860 to establish her dressmaking business and began dressing some of Washington, D.C.’s political elite. On March 5, 1861, the day following the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president, Mary Todd Lincoln hired Elizabeth Keckley as her personal seamstress. The two women would go on to become close friends. The experience provided Keckley with an intimate view of domestic life in the White House.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Keckley, an avid philanthropist, founded the Contraband Relief Organization in 1862, which was a fund to support struggling Black Americans who had recently migrated to Washington through organized relief and educational programs. She worked alongside Frederick Douglass and collected funds to support those who lacked basic necessities. Although a lack of records and tags on garments during Elizabeth’s life make it difficult to identify her work today, her life was well documented in her autobiography, "Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House" . Many of her designs for the First Lady have been archived. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Keckley’s appreciation for clean lines and unpretentious design aesthetic, while not the norm of design at the time, would grow in popularity in the coming years. Elizabeth Keckley was influential on the visual culture of the 1860s, and the broader history of American fashion.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Pictured above: Portrait of Elizabeth Keckley, Strawberry dress for Mary Todd Lincoln, and Striped Evening dress for Mary Todd Lincoln. #BlackHistoryMonth #americanfashion #blackfashion」2月27日 7時14分