I HAVE a scrapbook, begun in 1881, to which a page of the current fashions has been added once a year ever since. A rummaging in the garret brought to light old numbers of the Englishwoman and Godey’s ...
The bustle replaced the crinoline as women's underpinnings of choice in the 19th century. Grands Magasins du Louvre, 1877/Wikimedia Commons Victorian fashionistas were in search of an ideal silhouette ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Smile, Smile, Smile (Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag); Pretty Baby; Just Like A Butterfly (That's Caught In The Rain); Floatin' Down To Cotton Town; My Wild Irish Rose; Let It Rain, Let It ...
Each year hundreds of words are added to the English language. New words with new usages add to our language. That being said, words are also dropped from use. One of those words that I am sure most ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Author and native Iowan Marjorie Medary’s roots were squarely in the printed page. Born in Waukon in ...
Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The word crinoline typically conjures up an image of a vast, spreading, mid-19th century skirt. Think of Franz Xaver ...