Diane,
You might contact
the Fashion Archives at Shippensburg University in PA to see if they have
developed a way to handle this quandry. I would guess that it's a recurring
issue. Here's the link: http://webspace.ship.edu/fasharch/
Dee
Dee DeRoche, PhD
Chief Curator
Virginia Department of Historic
Resources
2801 Kensington Ave.
Richmond, VA 23221
(804) 367-2323 x134