In “Superfine,” the Africana-studies scholar Monica L. Miller explores the links between style, self-presentation, and ...

The building was one of several around O'Connell Street associated with the display of wild animals in the early 19th century ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Explore the cultural and historical significance of Indo-British textile labels at the ongoing exhibition in Bengaluru's ...

Few prints are as joyously nostalgic yet enduringly timeless as polka dots. With origins tracing back to 19th-century Europe, ...

The sewing machine is one of the most transformative inventions in history. Before its creation, making clothes was a slow, labor-intensive process. Every stitch was done by hand, limiting how quickly ...

The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and ...

K-pop’s Lisa and Sabrina Carpenter both opted for leggy looks at this year’s Met Gala. But the origins of going pantless can ...

O n May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers ...

He wears an earring, his clothes seem to owe more to the 1980s New Romantic movement than 19th-Century costume, and from his affairs with women to his lack of deference to his so-called superiors ...

They studied hundreds of historical texts and their mood boards took inspiration from Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s paintings of deities and affluent 19th-century families. Their most valuable ...