“The Dress Diary” is an intimate record of one wardrobe — and its era. Anne Sykes’s collection of fabric remnants, lovingly preserved in an album, documents not merely her life but the Victorian era.

In a small room, an unoccupied wooden coffin rests in the center. In another, a buttoned-up black wedding dress is paired with a dark, lace mourning veil. On a table lays wreaths of hair and lit ...

If you haven’t seen the TikTok trend where users talk to their hypothetical ancestors, check it out now. The wholesome trend started going viral this week and showcases the similarities or differences ...

Machine generated contents note: pt. I General Topics -- ch. 1 Underclothes -- ch. 2 Leisure Wear -- ch. 3 Children's vs. Women's Clothing -- pt. II Women's and Children's Street Apparel -- ch. 4 1860 ...

#22 Victorian Working Women On Their Work Clothes. Miners Most Likely. Some In Pants, Others Still In Dress, Circa Late 1880s Image credits: Electrical-Aspect-13 ...

From the archives of London’s V&A Museum, a selection of items that were used by Victorian-era mourners to remember and pa ...

A gray dress with black trim, featured in the Arrowhead's South Parlor, is another example of half mourning attire, Hunt said, worn toward the end of mourning, when women were returning to their ...

(CNN) — Ella hadn’t found a style that felt like her until a Lolita waltzed into her workplace in California’s Bay Area. Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in ...

Walking along the snow-trodden streets of Troy were Victorian-dressed residents and tourists alike during the 43rd annual Victorian Stroll, aimed to support small businesses and to ...