The 8th of March has just been and gone. Pre-packed sprigs of yellow mimosa in the supermarket and tacky adverts…. … More
Tag: Clothing
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
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
Rising up to the times (Post no.2 on WW I fashions)
Journal des Dames et des Modes, Paris, 1913 This post wants to investigate the ‘rise’ (literally) in fashion of the … 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
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
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
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 … 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
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 … More
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 … More
The Queen of Dress exhibitions this summer
Here is an exhibition which I am craving to see In fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion (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
…on medieval underpants
Before you think I am weird go see the previous blog and you will know what this is about. So … More
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