As the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, “social distancing” has become a buzzword of these strange times. Instead of stockpiling food or rushing to the hospital, authorities are saying ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Anya Jabour, Ph.D., has been teaching and researching the history of women, ...

The bustle replaced the crinoline as women's underpinnings of choice in the 19th century. Grands Magasins du Louvre, 1877/Wikimedia Commons Victorian fashionistas were in search of an ideal silhouette ...

Fashion loves a deep reflection into past decades — and sometimes even past centuries. For spring 2023, fashion designers referenced everyone from Y2K starlets to the nobility of Velazquez’s Las ...

Fashion changes very quickly. What's "in" today will probably be out tomorrow. Fashions can return, sometimes slightly altered, sometimes exactly the same. Fashion trends such as jeans, animal prints, ...

Crinolines put the hoop in the Victorian-era skirt. For two decades, women wore crinolines - lightweight cages attached to their waists - under their clothing to create a wide, bell-shaped silhouette.

Crinolines and crimping irons : Victorian clothes : how they were cleaned and cared for / [by] Christina Walkley and Vanda Foster ...