Visitors at the Mathews Historical Museum will explore the “Underside of History” in an afternoon tea and fashion show, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the museum at 200 Main Street.

The show will review women’s fashion of the Revolutionary War period in American history. “Ladies Victorian,” a company founded by history buffs Marilyn Iglesias and Kim Forslund, will examine the “foundations” of America—all those strange garments that enhanced the images of our Founding Mothers.

The presenters met 20 years ago when they worked as docents at historical museums in Newport News. Their love of history developed into a business that allows them to share their love of history and fashion. They will reveal how Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Abigail Adams and others dressed to impress and what delicacies in undergarments enabled them to present such a stunning image to the world and the newly created United States of America. The program will feature feminine attire and rep...