History of Fashion

The childlike character of ideal femininity has long been critiqued by feminists, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir. Yet, women contin...

Whiz Limited is a Japanese streetwear brand established in 2000 by Hiroaki Shitano. With a following in Japan as well as Hong Kong and mainland Chi...

From insidious murder weapons to blaze-igniting crinolines, clothing has been the cause of death, disease and madness throughout history, by accide...

'Magnificent ... Dressed for War works on many levels: as an evocation of an uncommon time; as a celebration of an uncommon woman; as pure, unalloy...

Fashion branding is more than just advertising. It helps to encourage the purchase and repurchase of consumer goods from the same company. While hi...

Aside from the occasional nod to epaulettes or use of camouflage, war and fashion seem to be strange partners. Not so, argue the contributors to th...

Since becoming the capital of reunited Germany, Berlin has had a dose of global money and international style added to its already impressive cultu...

A timely and splendidly illustrated global exploration of the complex intersections of fashion and politics from the mid-19th century to the presen...

A visual overview of contemporary African fashion, Fashion Africa is a comprehensive guide compiled with an ethical perspective.Jacqueline Shaw pro...

An introduction to the design, production and use of luxury embroideries in medieval England (c. 1200–1530) In medieval Europe, embroidered textile...

Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns and information for 25 never...

Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns and information for 25 never...

'Kept me spellbound...You can practically feel the heaviness and sumptuousness of the velvet and other lush materials of the vintage gowns in your ...

Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive is a unique guide to the role of garment archives as an industry resource for designers to research and exa...

A wooden box holds the buttons of three generations of women in Lynn Knight’s family – each one with its own tale to tell...Tracing the story of wo...

A Cultural History of Color in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to the present, a time of extraordinary developments in colour science, philos...

A Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400. The medieval age saw an extraordinary burst of color - from illumina...

A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity covers the period 3000 BCE to 500 CE. Although the smooth, white marbles of Classical sculpture and archit...

A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920, when the world embraced color like never before. Inventions, suc...

A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800. From the Baroque to the Neo-classical, color transformed ar...