Naper Settlement presents the beauty and perils of 19th-century clothing in the new exhibit, "Infrastructure: Creating 19th Century Clothing Then and Now." Now on view through Nov. 3, 2023, ...

Inside the Pasadena Masonic Temple on a Saturday night, it’s the 19th century once more. Women in floor-length gowns that balloon out from the waist and men dressed in military tailcoats are streaming ...

Spanning more than 250 years, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, the Albany Institute of History & Arts’ costume collection includes more than 4,000 garments and accessories that were ...

ALBANY -- Albany Institute of History & Art's new exhibit on "Well-Dressed Victorian Albany" opens Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. The exhibition of nineteenth-century Victorian fashion represents a rare ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Queen Victoria had a huge impact on 19th-century fashion, but her two biggest ...

You’re walking down the east side of Sonoma Boulevard between York and Georgia streets when you glance up and notice an old-fashioned-looking sign that says Holzer & Combe Haberdashery. In the window, ...

Bell-shaped skirts narrowed and lightweight bodices became armorlike -- those are two of the changes that occurred in American fashion over the course of the 19th century. A new CD-ROM, American ...