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Things I found when researching Claudia's episode 5 looks.

Site that goes through most of the main cast's ep 5 wardrobe.

1929 photo of women at Spelman College where I will always imagine Claudia attending. This site has info on 1920s day dresses.

On 1920s knitwear: Breasts and curves were particularly unfashionable, with women going to extreme lengths to appear flat chested with slim hips - many binding their breasts and wearing girdles, just as restrictive as the corsets they had rejected. Androgyny was all the rage with many girls adopting a boyish appearance wearing sweaters with shirts and ties. - by Susan of the Just Call Me Ruby blog. This would've been a pull for me personally.

After WW1, it was less a social stigma for women to wear overalls and avoid looking like they were doing "men's work" because most of the men were overseas and the women were left here to do whatever needed to be done.

I wasn't 100% sure but I think Claudia wore a newsboy hat but there are other hats with a similar make that she may have worn.

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Always have a fantastic time gathering with my fellow alums from @morehousecollege1867 and @spelmancollege for our annual holiday gathering #morehousecollege #spelmancollege #spelhouse #spelhouselove

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Morehouse College is a private historically Black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. Anchored by its main campus of 61 acres (25 ha) near downtown Atlanta, the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic buildings east of Ashview Heights. Along with Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and the Morehouse School of Medicine, the college is a member of the Atlanta University Center consortium. Founded by William Jefferson White in 1867 in response to the liberation of enslaved African-Americans following the American Civil War, Morehouse adopted a seminary university model and stressed religious instruction in the Baptist tradition. Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, the college experienced rapid, albeit financially unstable, institutional growth by establishing a liberal arts curriculum. The three-decade tenure of Benjamin Mays during the mid-20th century led to strengthened finances, an enrollment boom, and increased academic competitiveness. The college has played a key role in the development of the civil rights movement and racial equality in the United States.

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1985 Morehouse College Homecoming featuring Newark, NJ’s Whitney Houston

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Spelman College circa 1900 💙

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“This place, this special place, has prepared you for greatness. And now it’s up to you to decide what your contributions to this planet will be,” Bassett told the graduates.

“You are not alone. You are seen. You are heard.”