#thephilharmonicgetsdressed

"This man hooks a wide black cloth belt around his waist. The belt is called a cummerbund. None of the other men wear belts with their pants. They button suspenders onto the waistlines of their pants and snap the suspenders over their shoulders." From "The Philharmonic Gets Dressed" by Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont. #harpercollins #childrensbookillustration #thephilharmonicgetsdressed #vintage #karlakuskin #marcsimont #picturebook https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHsLseHAgh/?igshid=1c2i6idro5s9v

"It is 8:30 on Friday night, and the one hundred and five men and women dressed completely in black and white have gone to work turning the black notes on white pages into a symphony." From "The Philharmonic Gets Dressed" by Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont.This was written in 1982 but holds up well, and the glimpses of how different some things like getting dressed were back then are charming and fascinating. I'd love to see an epilogue with today's stats (I sure hope there are more than thirteen women now!) #harpercollins #karlakuskin #marcsimont #thephilharmonicgetsdressed #kidlit https://www.instagram.com/p/B_199riHEvO/?igshid=1papkqk8m3j65