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 ...

Bay Village Historical Society President Cathy Flament models a plaid taffeta skirt from the 1880s and a hand-decorated, modified pork-pie hat in the group's recent historical fashion show.

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 ...