The discovery of the plates shed light on the role of fashion in the French Revolution, and on the contributions of the three audacious women who led the charge — a story that Higonnet tells in ...

In Revolution-era Paris, three radically chic media stars swept away centuries of strictures about what women should wear and how they should live. A new book unveils the other French Revolution.

French New Wave: A Revolution in Design by Tony Nourmand, Graham Marsh and Christopher Frayling is published by Reel Art Press. WINDA NA SZAFOT (ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS), 1958.

It underpinned the French Revolution and has been a basic tenet of the country's progressive thought since the 18th Century. Headscarves challenge French secular traditions To this day, anything that ...

1. Misconception: Les Misérables takes place during the French Revolution. After seeing the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables in theaters, historian Julia Gossard caught a ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...