The beguiling form of the fashionable 19th century woman – the billowing hooped skirt, shapely corset, and coquettish parasol – were all made possible thanks to baleen (or, as they called it in the ...

A new book recognizes Claire McCardell as a pioneer of American womenswear as we know it ...

In the 1800s, women's swimwear was heavily influenced by modesty standards as the bathing costumes resembled dresses, with long sleeves, high necklines, and weights to prevent them from floating ...