Historian and costume designer Lizanne Oliner will invoke late-Victorian-era Long Beach Island next weekend, when she shows and tells the story of a 19th-century businesswoman and the re-creation of her typical attire.
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Oliner will present “The Lucretia Justice Butterworth Gown – LBI in the 1890s” on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. at the Barnegat Lighthouse Visitor Center. The event, part of Women’s History Month programming, will explore the life and legacy of Lucretia Justice Butterworth, a prominent figure on LBI at the end of the 19th century.
Oliner’s presentation will feature her handcrafted, historically inspired gown – a whole ensemble, really – based on…
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