A new exhibition hosted in London’s Lightroom draws on Vogue archives to examine the development of the fashion show, from ...

Like many other nineteenth-century women (before the Civil War ... care of sick friends and family members, made 83 items of clothing and assorted linens, preserved two pecks of fruits, mended ...

To mark the Louis Vuitton artistic director’s first decade at the brand, VF explores the house archive, with a little help from Danielle, Este, and Alana.

In this pioneering study Vivienne Richmond reveals the importance of dress to the nineteenth-century English poor, who valued clothing not only for its practical utility, but also as a central element ...

Fashion designers are finding inspiration from an unusual source: liquor brands and their century-old distilleries.

One of these was fashion. During the Romantic era, for example, one could spot a revolutionary from the way his beard was trimmed. In Stanisław Wasylewski’s monumental work Życie Polskie w XIX Wieku ...

She might entertain her friends by playing a piano with ivory keys or own a parrot or monkey as a living fashion accessory. In this innovative study, Helen Cowie examines the role of these ...

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American ...

Paintings, ceramics, photography, fashion, furniture and more: The V&A Museum is a treasure trove of art and design. Here’s ...

Early in the 11th century, a Benedictine Abbot established All Souls' Day as a day to pray for the souls of deceased family ...