At the time of the Museum's founding in 1870, Boston and the surrounding area were at the center of the American textile industry. In 1877, the first …
Fashion Through The Ages
Fashion has evolved through the ages. We have eliminated some of the more cumbersome clothing items of the past like the corset. However, some of the basic styles still endure in today’s world. Here’s a roundup of fashion timelines and styles to feast your eyes on.
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See how the garment has been transformed time and time again. Today, fashion choices are limitless. Want to wear a tuxedo suit? Go for it. Bike shorts and a blazer? Flawless street style. But there hasn't...
Evidence about dress becomes plentiful only after humans began to live together in greater numbers in discrete localities with well-defined social …
The clothes that women wore during the Roman Empire were not just practical but a statement of who they were. Clothing styles showed their societal …
In the high and late Middle ages attractive styles became more available to a new middle class. Clothing styles changed more quickly due to new …
Fig. 1 - Master of the Cité des Dames. "Reason Leads Five Sibyls into the City of Ladies," Cité des Dames by Christine de Pizan, 1400-1410. Paris: …
Clothes in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603 CE) became much more colourful, elaborate, and flamboyant than in previous periods. With Elizabeth I of …
Fig. 1 - Master of Afflighem. Last Judgement Triptych of Zierikzee, detail. Juana I de Castilla, ca. 1500. Brussels: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of …
Fig. 1 - Artist unknown. Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton, ca. 1600. Oil on panel. Private Collection (Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry). …
Fig. 1 - Designer unknown (British). Mantua, ca. 1708. Silk, metal. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.6.1a, b. Purchase, Rogers Fund, Isabel …
Fig. 1 - Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825). Madame Récamier, née Julie (known as Juliette) Bernard, 1800. Oil on canvas; 174 x 224 cm. Paris: …
As a versatile art form, fashion illustration is intended to showcase the material, colors, and design of clothing. In addition to acting as a study of style, these drawings also inadvertently offer a...
A significant shift in culture occurred in France and elsewhere at the beginning of the 18th century, known as the Enlightenment, which valued reason …
1920's fashion 1920 was the decade in which fashion entered the modern era. women ditched the tight, uncomfortable clothes, to more comfortable …
It’s a fashionista’s worst experience, even worse than looking oversize buddy, more degrading than wearing the same dress in another party — it’s the …