Louis XIV’s reign in the early 1700s was dominated by the baroque ... Underlying the frivolity of 18th-century French fashion were hard economics. The appetite for clothes among the French ...

The French style industry grew to be big ... imagine if Vogue was published nearly every week. In the late 1700s, fashion magazines managed to make the rounds despite having a narrow group ...

Corsets, panniers, and hoop skirts – these iconic, body-sculpting garments have cycled in and out of fashion since they were first popularised in the 1700s. From Brie Larson’s invisible hoop s ...

Western Michigan University photo A surprisingly intact ring dating to the 1700s was found by a Michigan archaeology student on the grounds of an 18th century French stronghold known as Fort St ...