How Claire McCardell changed women’s fashion ...

Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore, the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection The New York Historical, through June 22, 2025 ...

Real Clothes, Real Lives shows that women have adapted their attire to accommodate their daily activities with resourcefulness and panache. Sylvia Plath’s Girl Scouts of the United States of ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Long before fashion magazines and TikTok told the world what was trending, Black women had done it, and they did it better.

Samson Historical is always evolving, Mr. Samson said, adding that there is always more research to be done “to find the next big thing we didn’t know existed — or improve it.” ...

SHE-Boutique Visitors to San Francisco's trans-woman-led SHE-Boutique stop by the trendy spot for the free fashion finds and stay for the supportive, friendly environment.

And so, in 2015, Women’s History Museum was born. “We didn’t have training, so we would just ask ourselves what we had the capabilities to make,” explained McGowan.

From politics to fashion, the arts to business, Black women have been the architects of change, laying the foundation for future generations to blossom. Take Jasmine Crockett, for example.