by
Alma Luz Villanueva
by Naomi Long Madgett
Timeline
of Costume History
The
speaker in "Purchase" says she becomes a "new
self" when she wears a new garment. Visit this
costume history site and click on the following
links: 19th Century Western Costume:
First Bustle 1870's and 20th Century Western
Costume: 1970-1980. What kind of "self" do
these clothes project? Write two poems, each from
the viewpoint of someone who might be wearing
these clothes.
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