When some French ... also led to men ditching their heels and more ornate adornments, and instead adopting more sober, standardized dress. “Men’s fashion was systematized a century earlier ...

A connoisseur of 18th-century French furniture fooled buyers into ... the antique enthusiast and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Now, Mr. Pallot is perhaps best known for using his knowledge ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century ... we knew those men sold patterns by Réveillon, Jacquemart et Benard (the preeminent French wallpaper firm ...

Tucked in Hunter, Casa Susanna provided a Catskills retreat for cross-dressing men — some straight ... and Chevalier D’Eon, an 18th-century cross-dressing French spy, who modern historians ...

The museum’s fashion collection spans five centuries and is the world’s largest most comprehensive collection of dress. Key items in the collection include rare 17th century gowns, 18th ...

A federal judge in Washington raised concerns about the White House’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely cited 18th-century wartime ... New Orleans: A group of men said they had warned ...

Visitors will be able to try on various pieces of clothing representing both men’s and women’s attire from the 1740s to the 1780s. “Fashion in the 18th century was not just about appearance. It ...

Two old men sit in a small kitchen in Kensington ... Rosenthal’s home is an 18th-century house in Soho. It is more museum, or perhaps even mausoleum, than traditional home: full of ancient ...

“They didn’t have any men’s stuff left,” he said ... where it remained up until the end of the 20th century. The store sold everything from clothing and shoes to home decor, toys ...