This text about the history of clothing is quite difficult and meant for advanced students. There are several discussion topics and a adjective exercise. If you want to revise clothes vocabulary, you can find worksheets here:https://en.islcollective.com/mypage/resources?Tags=fashion&searchworksheet=GO&type=Printables&id=5163 - ESL worksheets
This blog mostly contains 20th century history as well as other periods of history! 📝
To kick off Paris Fashion Week, here is a look at the great tradition of French girl hair (think: bouffants, bobs, bedhead and more).
Greetings, friends! We are back today with another foray into how art history and fashion history converge. Recently, on our Instagram account, we shared a cheeky little post featuring the painting Hearing: The Five Senses by Henri Guillaume Schlesinger. This example of genre painting is
While many animals rely on other senses — like smell in the case of dogs or hearing in that of bats — humans depend on sight. We build our lives around visual cues, and use them for finding food, mates, and shelter, as well as more complex behaviors such as parental care.
When you enter an international competition, you feel like you have to do your best to represent your country and when you get the chance, to make the world know where you come from. Miss Universe gives its participants such an opportunity by organizing an entire show dedicated to their national costumes.
Kate Middleton wears Safiyaa purple Cecilia dress to watch Wimbledon alongside Princess Charlotte and Pippa Matthews.
Portrait of Princesses Elena and Alexandra Kurakina, by Vladimir Lukitch Borovikovsky, 1802. Anna and Margaretta Peale, by James P...
Which of these famous queens said these quotes?
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I’m pretty enamored by the Edwardian era. Obviously I love Titanic, but Somewhere in Time, Tuck Everlasting, and Downton Abbey also have a special place in my heart. I love the layered skirts, the … Continue reading →
How long has lace been in fashion? Why is it still so popular? And what is it about lace and the royal family? Our gallery guides you through the story of this much-adored fabric.
Comment pourrions-nous voir l'exquise beauté des choses si les peintres ne nous avaient pas laissé un magnifique héritage ? J'ai visité tant de musées par le passé, j'ai observé chaque détail, la perfection des mains, la dentelle finement travaillée,...
History is full of war, famine, and plague, but you can't accuse it of being cruel. It's what we made it. So if anything, it's people who are vicious and wicked. The past is just... indifferent. An open book, ready to be explored. Or in this case, a Twitter account.
Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London). Date: 1899. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 115 x 84 1/8 in. (292...
Sofonisba Anguissola (1531 – 1625) holds a no little record: she is the only woman represented at the Prado Museum. Despite she were a celebrated artist at her days, her name has been forgotten for centuries ….
Learn about the lost dress of Elizabeth I. Read about the Bacton Altar Cloth, thought to be a fragment of a gown owned by the Tudor queen.
With so much interest in the Royal Collection’s Georgian Papers Project, we thought we would examine some of the portraits of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who was also p…
It’s the most fashionable of fairytales- the poor Lincolnshire lad who went out to work at 11, arrived in Paris with £5 in his pocket and eventually designed the first bespoke frocks for the newly re-established Parisian court within years of arriving in the city.
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A lovely vintage knotted cream glass pearl necklace that is 29 inches long with gold-plated rings OR a brass clasp. This necklace can be worn as one strand or doubled to create multiple effects - or buy two and have a four-strand look! Perfect for your everyday or historical/costuming needs. Portraits of Marie Antoinette, among others, was my inspiration for these. First photo is of Robin Marie at the Paca House and Gardens, Historic Annapolis, Maryland, and last photo is of me wearing it a different way. Last photo is of Alexandra and Elena Pavlovna, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, ca. 1795-1797 If more photos are needed, just convo me.
The Princess of Wales presented the Wimbledon trophy to Carlos Alcaraz this afternoon as the Spaniard won the Grand Slam for a second year in a row.
In history, she is only known as Sarah Forbes Bonetta, but this was not the birth name given to the girl who was sold into slavery at the age of 4, and in a remarkable twist of events, became a goddaughter to the Queen of England. This beautiful young black woman, dressed in full Victorian costume,
It was customary for a tayuu (Japanese courtesan) to have two kamuro (child attendants) of about the same age and size, with names that matched in concept and sound, taking their cue from the name of their ane-jōro (elder sister courtesan).
This painting is from the collection of Lord Hastings. It appears to be yet another variant of the Master John full-length portrait.