El Greco, Lady in fur, 1580s, Glasgow museums and galleries, Scotland El Greco’s enigmatic lady is wrapped up in a … More
Tag: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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
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
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 “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
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) … More
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, … 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
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