Dress codes shown in 18th ... Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America focuses on the 1700s, a time when Spain was tightening its grip on its territories in the face of increasing French ...

The UK's first ever exhibition dedicated to the life of French queen Marie Antoinette is to open at V&A South Kensington in ...

It’s tough to tell the story of Marie Antoinette without highlighting her impact on French fashion. In “Marie Antoinette” on PBS, you’ll be treated to a refreshing, feminist take on the ...

We can thank the American women who steward, deliver, process and transport our mail – and for putting their stamp on our ...

At the recent Paris Fashion Week, haute couture from the ... but the keen-eyed would have spotted on one outfit an 18th century accoutrement – the “stomacher”, a triangular panel made ...

Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times That legacy can be traced to the 18th century French watchmaker Jean ... doesn’t leap out because they served fashion, but they didn’t innovate ...

The archivist gave him permission to open the letters, all addressed to 18th-century French sailors from their loved ones and seized by Great Britain's Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756 ...