House of Worth — Evening dress — ca. 1880: Fashion History
Explore evening dress (ca. 1880) by House of Worth: materials, catalogue facts and collection credit from the Met's Costume Institute.
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House of Worth — Dinner dress — 1897–1900: Fashion History
Explore dinner dress (1897–1900) by House of Worth: materials, catalogue facts and collection credit from the Met's Costume Institute.
Cristóbal Balenciaga: Biography and Background
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (Spanish: [kɾisˈtoβal βalenˈθjaɣa ejθaˈɣire]; Basque: Cristobal Balentziaga Eizagirre [kɾis̺toβal βalents̻i.aɣa eis̻aɣire]; 21 January 1895 – 24 March 1972) was a
Coco Chanel: Biography and Background
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( shə-NEL; French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman.
Vivienne Westwood: Biography and Background
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (née Swire; 8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions in
Elsa Schiaparelli: Biography and Background
Elsa Luisa Giovanna Maria Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, US also skee-AHP-, Italian: [ˈɛlsa skjapaˈrɛlli]; 10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian fashion designer from an aris
André Leon Talley: Biography and Background
André Leon Talley (October 16, 1948 – January 18, 2022) was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, author, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine.
Alphadi: Biography and Background
Alphadi (born Sidahmed Seidnaly; 1 June 1957) is a notable Nigerien fashion designer often known as the "Magician of the Desert".
Lipstick: History and Key Facts
Lipstick is a cosmetic product used to apply color and texture to lips, often made of wax and oil.
Punk fashion: History and Key Facts
Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewellery, and body modifications of the punk counterculture.
Union Jack dress: History and Key Facts
The Union Jack dress is an item of clothing worn by singer Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls at the 1997 Brit Awards.
New Romantic: History and Key Facts
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
Edith Head: History and Key Facts
Edith Claire Head (née Posener; October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American film costume designer.
Sandy Powell (costume designer): History and Key Facts
Sandy Powell (born 7 April 1960) is a British costume designer.
Eiko Ishioka: History and Key Facts
Eiko Ishioka (石岡 瑛子, Ishioka Eiko; July 12, 1938 – January 21, 2012) was a Japanese art director, costume designer, and graphic designer known for her work in stage, screen, advertising, and prin
Costume designer: History and Key Facts
A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show.
Afro: History and Key Facts
The afro is a hair style created by combing out natural growth of kinky hair, or specifically styled with chemical curling products by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair.
Harajuku: History and Key Facts
Harajuku (原宿; [haɾa(d)ʑɯkɯ] ) is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Lolita fashion: History and Key Facts
Lolita fashion (ロリータ・ファッション, rorīta fasshon) is a fashion style from Japan that is highly influenced by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period.
Amanda Maciel Antunes: History and Key Facts
Amanda Maciel Antunes is an LA based multidisciplinary artist working in painting, costuming, performance, writing, and installation art.
Jean Joseph Beaulard: Biography and Background
Jean Joseph Beaulard, known as Le Sieur Beaulard (died after 1775), was a French fashion merchant and fashion designer.
2000s in fashion: History and Key Facts
The fashion in the 2000s were often described as a global mash up, where trends saw the fusion of vintage styles, global and ethnic clothing (e.g.
Athleisure: History and Key Facts
Athleisure is a hybrid style of athletic clothing typically worn as everyday wear.
Streetwear: History and Key Facts
Streetwear is a style of casual clothing that gained global popularity in the 1990s.
Haute couture: History and Key Facts
Haute couture is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design.
Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles: History and Key Facts
English singer Harry Styles wore a blue Gucci dress designed by Alessandro Michele for Vogue's December 2020 issue, becoming the first man to appear solo on the magazine's cover.
Stanley Burnside: History and Key Facts
Stanley "Stan" Burnside (born 1947) is a Bahamian cartoonist, painter, and costume designer.
Beauty and cosmetics in ancient Egypt: History and Key Facts
Beauty and cosmetics in ancient Egypt included pigments for the eyes, face and body, oils, ointments, aromatic resins, and the tools used to prepare, store and apply them.
Beauty trends among American conservatives: History and Key Facts
United States conservatives in the 2020s have demonstrated at least two notable beauty trends.
Androgyny: History and Key Facts
Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics.
Da Jin: History and Key Facts
Da Jin (Magnificent Gold) is a gold embroidered dress designed by Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei.
Anti-fashion: History and Key Facts
Anti-fashion is an umbrella term for various styles of dress that are explicitly contrary to the fashion of the day.
Vanessa Bruno: Biography and Background
Vanessa Bruno is a French, Paris-based clothing designer.
Electric Light dress: History and Key Facts
The Electric Light dress was a masquerade gown made of gold and silver thread that was designed by Charles Frederick Worth for Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
Pierre Cardin: Biography and Background
Pietro Costante Cardin (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), known as Pierre Cardin, was an Italian-French fashion designer.
CC cream: History and Key Facts
CC cream is a South Korean marketing term coined in the wake of the marketing term Blemish Balm cream or Beauty Balm.
Bogan: History and Key Facts
Bogan ( BOHG-ən) is Australian and New Zealand slang to describe a person whose speech, clothing, behaviour, or attitudes are considered unrefined or unsophisticated.
Bohemian style: History and Key Facts
The Bohemian style, often termed "Boho chic", is a fashion and lifestyle choice characterized by its unconventional and free-spirited essence.
Boho-chic: History and Key Facts
Boho-chic is a style of fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, which, at its height in late 2005 was associated particularly with actress Sienna Miller, model Kate Moss in the