Consumptive Chic: When Tuberculosis was the Height of Fashion
During the 19th century, the physical effects of tuberculosis became the ideals of beauty for the fashionable woman.
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Cecil Beaton: Through a Glass, Lightly
The photographer, designer and aesthete Cecil Beaton brought a distinctly historical awareness to the realm of fashion.
Sole Power: The Pleasure and Pain of Shoes
Beatrice Bazell gets a first glimpse at an exhibition devoted to the history of the shoe.
Helena Rubinstein dies in New York
The founder of the eponymous cosmetics company died on April 1st, 1965.
Shopping in Georgian London
The world of shopping in Georgian London offered an array of retail experiences for women in pursuit of the ultimate in fashionable clothing, every bit as sophisticated as those open to the 21st-century shopper.
Northern Glam
The beginnings of fashion are often traced to the courts and cities of medieval southern Europe. Should we be looking further north?
Roman Aids to Beauty
Scents; cosmetics; essences: D.C.S. Wiltshire finds that enormous variety for the unguents were produced in fashionable Roman world.
Cosmetics and Perfumes in Stuart Times
In the Elizabethan Age feminine extravagance was often satirised by English dramatists and poets. During the seventeenth century, writes Brenda Gourgey, it rose to even more fantastic heights.
Fashion: Draped in the Past
Benjamin Wild finds that the Middle Ages is inspiring a number of major designers.
Max Factor Dies in California
The make-up master died on August 30th, 1938.