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Image based on a photo from the Vivienne Westwood Archives Instagram: @thewestwoodarchives (10 Jan 2023)     I.    Some people are continui...

Jack Brotchie wearing reconstructed clothing by Jenny Tiramani  based on figure 102 in  The Book of Clothes  by Matthäus Schwarz [1]    If a...

Matthäus Schwarz, on his 32nd birthday (20 Feb 1529),  wearing a fur gown over a doublet sewn with half silk,  close-fitting red hose lined ...

Six young women model six classic skirt lengths  ranging from micro-mini to maxi     I.    One of the things that Roland Barthes doesn't...

Jazz Griffin: the Invisible Punk   (SA/2025) [1]      I.    A recently published post on the way in which my memory of the past is inextrica...

Model wearing an Emilio Parka and Ezio Trousers by Loro Piana loropiana.com [1]   It takes a lot of courage to sail gaily, in super-soft sh...

Maison Margiela Artisanal Collection 2024 [1]     I was pleased to see that John Galliano decided to experiment with an older ideal of fema...

  Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs and Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly The Devil Wears Prada (dir. David Frankel, 2006)     When writing abo...

King Charles waves to the crowds and the cameras from the balcony  of Buckingham Palace following his coronation (6 May 2023)  knowing full-...

Using Gainsborough's Woman in Blue (1770-1780) to show meaning in mouche placement hair-and-makeup-artist.com     I've always bee...

"We are the smart set, a world apart set  We are the neatest, ergo elitist." [1]     As Derrida pointed out, the question of style...

Sean Connery as James Bond and Claudine Auger as Domino  in Thunderball (dir. Terence Young, 1965)   Everyone loves gingham, don't the...

  D. H. Lawrence in 1915 modelling his Edwardian  hipster look complete with velveteen jacket   National Portrait Gallery, London  ( NPG x14...