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Queen Victoria’s sapphire jewelry is of great interest to me as both a Victorian fashion enthusiast and a verifiable September baby. We...

Where is Henry VIII's Tudor Crown? The infamous Tudor king’s gold crown was first recorded in a 1521 inventory of his jewels, and it...

Let’s talk about mourning dress in episode one of the Gilded Age. The story begins with Marian Brook coping with the death of her father,...

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Met Gala look by Christopher John Rogers was a tribute to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, seemingly this day dress from...

At the Gilded Glamour-themed Met Gala, we of course saw multiple corset-inspired looks on the red carpet. And the discourse around...

In celebration of my recent graduation, I created the following video discussing graduation fashion history! Miss Fanny Matheny's 1880s...

The new exhibition at the Met Costume Institute includes these small purses or reticules, which were commissioned from a knitwear...

I just got back from the Morgan Library and Museum and here are some of my personal highlights! First of all, you absolutely have to...

Here are my favorite Renaissance fashion details from the Hans Holbein exhibition at the Morgan Library and museum! In this detail of a...

The Met Costume Institute posted this preview of “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” where we see this circa 1961 Marguery Bolhagen...

Here’s what ladies expected for Valentine’s Day in 1893, according to Ladies’ Home Journal: Number one was a bouquet of flowers,...

In honor of Ingenious People’s Day, let’s look at fashion designs by Lloyd Kiva New. New was Cherokee and born in Oklahoma in 1916 and in...

If you’re into 1960s fashion, then you definitely recognize Twiggy. After all, she was officially named the face of 1966! But do you know...

Vivenne Westwood’s iconic corset tops were inspired by the shape of 18th century stays, which as you can see from these historic...

One of my favorite costumes in The Greatest Showman is Zendaya’s show-stopping purple leotard ensemble. And while its modern materials...

Did Halston invent ultrasuede? No. But was Halston the first fashion designer to use ultrasuede? No again. If you watched Halston on...

In Halston on Netflix we briefly saw the shop window for Paraphernalia, a Manhattan boutique in the late 1960s. But did you know that...

Did you recognize this wedding dress from Wandavision? While most of the costumes in episode one of Wandavision were inspired by TV...

“Remember this: it is always better to be underdressed than to be overdressed.” That’s what Lillian Eichler wrote in her 1921 Etiquette...

In crimson peak, the Sharpe siblings wear sunglasses that are very cool and goth-looking — but are they historically accurate? Yes, they...