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History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
2 days ago

Clothing Through History: Fashion Across Three Millennia

Clothing across centuries signaled social status, practical needs, and personal identity, varying by materials, colours, and silhouettes across cultures and eras.
fromianVisits
4 months ago

Lights, camera, corsets! Exhibition explores the craft of period drama costumes

Stepping through the doors of the Fashion and Textile Museum at the moment feels like stepping through the back of a wardrobe into a land where the air smells faintly of lavender sachets and starched lace, and everyone looks ready to promenade along a gravel path. Here, corsets whisper secrets, petticoats swish in approval, and gentlemen's coats stand at attention, ready for their next close-up.
Fashion & style
Fashion & style
fromHarvard Gazette
4 months ago

Harvard exhibit on the policing women's fashion - Harvard Gazette

Attempts to regulate women's clothing have persisted across centuries, reflecting societal control over female appearance and self-expression.
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