Showing posts with the label Fashion

The Mad World of Hat Making

Feb 19, 2021

Hat-making in the 18th and 19th centuries was a hazardous business, because it involved the use of many chemicals, one of which was the toxi...

The Guillotine Haircut

Apr 1, 2020

Women traditionally wore their hair long. So when did short hair become the vogue? Some say it became fashionable only about hundred years...

When Little Boys Wore Dresses

Feb 12, 2019

Until about a century ago, in the western world, you couldn’t tell whether a young child was a girl or a boy from the way he or she dressed....

Tarkhan Dress: The World’s Oldest Woven Garment

Mar 2, 2016

This tattered V-neck linen shirt, currently on display in the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, is the world’s oldest woven garment...

The Latest Chinese Beach Craze – Face-kini

Aug 21, 2012

A new kind of swimwear trend is sweeping the Chinese beaches in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province. As the weather get hotter,...