Yes, I totally agree with you, although I find it very interesting that we have pretty clear labels for other…
Take this with a big hunk of salt, as I'm just a costumer, not a historian--but it looks to me…
I think these posts and the comments are fascinating. I'm by no means an expert on historical fashion but I…
Oh yes, another thought is that like today, some people would interpret the style by its cut only and then…
I imagine the Turque came about because someone famous enough to be a fashion setter zhoozhed one up, and it…
This is partially what I'm writing a book about! So, give me a few years, and I'll have a semi-clear…
I've thought long and hard about the topic of gown-naming over the years. What it seems to come down to…
Hello, perhaps the seamstresses, tailors and the journalists of the fashion magazines in the 18th.c. didn´t have strictly guidlines to…
A lot of the confusion comes from hindsight -- modern eyes want to force the past to label everything with…
Wait, this was supposed to be a reply to an above comment about getting organized, did I do something wrong?…