Anon, the Italian artist, Lorenzo Vatalaro Antiques, Milan, IT Haircuts are, of course, subject to changes in fashion just like…
A BRILLIANT 2014 TO YOU ALL!
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?…
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…
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…
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…
HATS OFF BOYS! (3rd and last post on men and hats)
Illuminated manuscript, The collected works of Christine de Pisan, 1415c, British Library , UK For my last post (for now)…
MEN IN FUR HATS (post no.2)
Limburg brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures de Duc de Berry, (detail : Duke John de Berry in blue and fur hat),1412-16,…
TOP THAT HAT! on men and hats (post no.1)
Photo anon, Gentlemen, Montreal, 1895c, McCord museum, Canada One of the earliest images I have found of a top hat…
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…
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;…
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…
FEATHERS (part 2) IN RENAISSANCE FASHION:
The presence of feathers in fashionable European dress does not become apparent until the 16th century. When feathers appear they…
RUFFLE MY FEATHERS: ON PLUMAGE AND FASHION
For centuries, probably millennia (but I don’t have the material evidence for you) mankind has been fascinated by bird plumage…
On becoming a “real” chinese woman in the past
High class chinese lady, early 20th C Without pretending to be an expert on China, chinese culture or history, in…
Back from my travels
Stripes, chinese women past and present, buying women’s underwear in islamic countries, my obsession with the Renaissance – just some…
Here’s what’s wrong with hijab tourism and your cutesy “modesty experiments”
Here’s what’s wrong with hijab tourism and your cutesy “modesty experiments”. I am sharing someone else’s blog today as I…
MAMMA MIA!
This post is dedicated to His Royal Highness the Royal Baby (George Alexander Louis) who is really quite lucky to…
more on AFRIC art, fashion, textiles
Vlisco, 2013 Picking up from my last post, here is a beautiful image from the latest ad campaign by Vlisco…
AAA- FASHION FABRICS ART –FRICA:
FASHIONARCHAEOLOGY has a thing about African textiles. A deep-rooted fascination (which leads to compulsive buying of textiles a/o clothing made…
VIRGINIA HILL 