Tag: fashion history
Sunday essay: how ‘Afghan’ coats left Kabul for the fashion world and became a hippie must-have
Making Afghan coats for sale in Herat, 1974. Shutterstock
The London launch of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in May 1967 was a musical and...
Long before Billie Eilish, women wore corsets for form, function and support
Picture: Craig McDean for British Vogue
Singer Billie Eilish’s new look for British Vogue, in which she trades her baggy clothes for lingerie —...
Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong
Picture: Shuttlestock
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome,...
Sunday essay: vizards, face gloves and window hoods – a history of masks in western fashion
Image: Shuttlestock
Masks have emerged as unlikely fashion heroes as the COVID-19 pandemic has developed. Every conceivable colour and pattern seems to have become...
Sunday essay: mom jeans and nostalgia in a time of uncertainty
Picture: Jornada Produtora/Unsplash,
Times of instability and crisis produce increased nostalgia for the past. We long for a time that no longer exists, or never...