‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson seeks to provide the context that more than two centuries of changes in fashion have obscured.
Fashion
What Can Historical Clothing Reveal That Other Sources Cannot?
From Elizabeth I’s intimate attire to fabrics that threatened social hierarchies, clothes tell us about more than just their wearers.
Crimes of Fashion
Clothes in early modern England could quite literally be to die for.
The Historian Embodied
Dressing in historical clothes can reveal things about the past that no book can.
A Feather in her Cap
A global trade in feathers, with London at its heart, saw hundreds of millions of birds killed every year. Emily Williamson waged a long and furious campaign against it.
Dedicated Followers
A thoughtful long view of men’s participation in, and consumption of, fashionable dress.
Perfume, History, Dreams
Perfumes and sweet scents affect our sense of smell, but their true realm is that of the imagination.
Meet the Macaronis
During the 1770s there emerged a new type of fashionable fellow: the Macaroni, whose style was frequently and easily lampooned by cartoonists and the media.
The Global Success of Silk
The story of silk, which connected the world with a thread.
The Bikini
The two-piece swimsuit was unveiled on 5 July 1946.