Worn for more than a century, these Victorian-style dresses have deep roots in the trauma and triumph of Namibia’s Herero people. Layers of petticoats, puffy sleeves and a headpiece made to look like ...

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Before Barbie, who could become anything from a dedicated nurse to a Malibu socialite with the change of an outfit and a thousand accessories, there were the elegant and fragile “fashion dolls” ...

Someone, somewhere in the Bay Area is probably getting dressed for time travel today. For Sunnyvale resident Heather Paul, this means donning a late 19th century ranch hand outfit and heading out to ...

We tend to think of “discomfort” to describe women’s undergarments of the Victorian period. Yet there’s evidence that two other words – romantic and elegant – also come to mind when talking about the ...

The Galveston Historical Foundation is bringing out its bowlers and petticoats this weekend for Dickens on The Strand. The Strand, a bustling thoroughfare on the Gulf Coast island south of Houston, ...