The 8th of March has just been and gone. Pre-packed sprigs of yellow mimosa in the supermarket and tacky adverts…. … More
Tag: fashion
ALL WRAPPED UP! (Post no. 1 on fur fashions)
El Greco, Lady in fur, 1580s, Glasgow museums and galleries, Scotland El Greco’s enigmatic lady is wrapped up in a … More
GARDEN DRESSING
Alberto Vargas, 1940s, Esquire magazine, USA GARDEN DRESSING is a new pet project I am working on with Italian … More
BLACK AND WHITE UNITE! (Post no.4 on colour combinations in dress)
Photo John French, model Susan Abraham in John Cavanagh lace evening dress, 1957 The combination of black and white in … More
Going blue (Post no.3 on colour combinations in dress)
La Gazette du Bon Ton, cover by George Lepape, cape by J. Lanvin, 1923 Mark Rothko Blue goes well with … More
R & B (Post no.2 on colour combinations in dress)
Mark Rothko Back to the topic of colour combinations, this time its red and blue, an all-time fashion favorite. Why? … More
COLOUR SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS (Post no.1 on colour combinations in dress)
Felice Casorati, the red jacket, 1939, MART Rovereto, Italy In this, and the following posts, I shall let my … More
RENAISSANCE MEN’S UNDERPANTS EXPOSED
Benozzo Gozzoli, Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1465c, San Giminiano, Italy It’s not an easy topic to cover, underpants… As the … More
RE-POSTS!: Men in underpants
I am re-posting this piece on men in underpants from last year. Time to get back onto this interesting topic … More
COMFORT IN THE DISCOMFORT OF WAR (Post no.1 on World War I fashion)
La Baionnette magazine, France, 1916 In this post Fashionarchaeology wants to pay its own (thematic) tribute to the memory of World … More
THE SOUND OF FASHION (post no.1 on the noise fashion makes)
Punched leather and ivory fan, 1590-1600c, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA Can fashion make a noise? Can what we … More
Rossetti’s lips (Post no.1 on Pre-Raphaelite ideals of beauty)
Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851-2, Tate Britain, London UK An exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings just opened in Turin (Italy) … More
The Raffaello “bob” (Post no.1 on men’s haircuts)
Anon, the Italian artist, Lorenzo Vatalaro Antiques, Milan, IT Haircuts are, of course, subject to changes in fashion just like … More
The “pointy flats” (shoe post no.1)
H.Dannecker, G. Schick, 1802, Staatliche museum, Berlin, Germany leather and gold decoration, shoes, 1790s How do we choose our shoes? … More
The “Look at me!” stripe (post no.3)
Chardin, sealing the letter, 1733, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin Germany In this post I want to concentrate on the attention seeking … More
THE INS AND OUTS OF STRIPES (Post no.2)
Bartolomeo Veneto, possibly Lucrezia Borgia (wife of Alfonso I d’Este), 1500c, Snite museum, Indiana, USA There are many reasons for wearing … More
Stripe out! (Post no.1…origins of striped clothing)
Illuminated manuscript, Iraq, De materia medica, 1229, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi Library, Istanbul, Turkey The history of the striped fashion “trend” is a long and complex … More
Crazy feathers (post no.5)
Francesco Merletti, First lady, 2008, mix media, p.c. For my last post on feathers I have decided to put together … More
Peacocks feathers forever (post no. 4)
Peacocks and their feathers have been working their magic on fashion for centuries. Different cultures have attributed special meanings to this bird; … More
Further feathers (post no. 3)
Att. John Bettes, Queen Elisabeth I, 1580-6c, National Portrait Gallery, London, Uk The fashion for feather fans spread across Europe … More
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