Indulge in the Underrated Influence of Erté
An artist like Erté was unlikely to go by unnoticed in history with his profound…
Category Fashion for Dummies
Before Cher Horowitz had her Computer Closet, Marie Antoinette had the Wardrobe Book
Ask any millennial with a heartbeat for fashion about the 90s cult-classic film, Clueless, and…
The Real Ice Queens: Women Who Conquered the Cold Wearing Corsets
Can’t bear the winter cold anymore? Consider for a moment, this photograph of a woman…
Dressing the Woman in Gold: The Unknown Bohemian Designer behind the Paintings
You know a Gustav Klimt painting when you see one. His gold leaf Japanese-influenced portraits…
Korean Cowboys of the Old World
Wisemen, dapper dudes, cowboys of the far east– I’m not really sure what to call…
Olympia Le-Tan transformed “Don’t be a Tourist” Books into Clutch Bags!
As an author and purveyor of curiosities, if there was ever a collaboration to be…
The Dapper Rebels of Los Angeles, 1966
In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los…
Stepping back in Time to a Jazz Age Lawn Party
Can you imagine anything more delightful than sailing from Manhattan, and heading for an uninhabited…
The Secret Code of Beauty Spots
You’re looking at a very rare portrait from 1650 depicting a Black woman and a…
Preserved Moments of Historical, Indisputable Black Style
I haven’t done one of these style compendiums in a while, so this is long overdue.…
The Macaroni Club: Fashion History’s Forgotten Drag Subculture?
There’s a famous American song “Yankee Doodle” – you might’ve heard of it – the…
Free the Nipple, says History
Nipple slips must have been a real problem in the 17th century. Or rather, not…