Fashion Archives

History

Bondage and Freedom—The Protest Art of Two Abolitionists

Since the elites in power like the status quo, social reform is a grassroots movement. How do reformers engage the masses? With art. Should protest...

Helen Jeffery 19 June 2026

Fashion

Fashion Is Art: 13 Beautiful Dresses in Art History

“Who Wore What” has fascinated artists for centuries because few things convey status, identity, and history as effectively as fashion.

MJ Rivera 18 June 2026

Fashion

Dressed in Power: Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo by Agnolo Bronzino

The best-known image of Eleanor of Toledo also features one of the most beautiful dresses in art history. Don’t be too distracted by the beauty of...

Vithória Konzen Dill 18 June 2026

Broad collar of Senebtisi, ca. 1850–1775 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA.

Ancient Egypt

All That Glitters: Gold Jewelry in Ancient Egypt

Personal ornaments were favored by ancient Egyptians from the Predynastic to the late Roman periods, and most of them wore some type of jewelry. The...

Maya M. Tola 13 May 2026

Photography

Best 15 Fashion Photographers of All Time

From the very first moment of the invention of photography in 1816 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, the newly discovered medium became used in various...

Caroline Galambosova 7 May 2026

Fashion

What Was It Like in the Roaring Twenties in Art and Fashion?

The Roaring Twenties were a period when many things changed–both socially and politically. The dramatic economic growth of the decade led many...

Pola Otterstein 30 April 2026

Renaissance

Why Were Children in Art History Covered with Jewelry Like Miniature Adults?

While researching 17th-century portraiture, especially those by Lavinia Fontana, I started noticing the children bedecked in jewelry like miniature...

Kitty Perring 20 April 2026