In the 19th century, when books were more available to the public, titles on how to improve yourself were among the most prevalent. The New York Public Library’s Art & Architecture Collection recently ...

In March of 1883, Alva Vanderbilt threw one of the most lavish parties of the Gilded Age. Alva herself came as a Venetian princess, and a number of men went as Louis XVI, perhaps oblivious to the fact ...

Those who donated the dresses were usually just cleaning out their attics. But Marcy Linton, manager of the University of Virginia’s Historic Clothing Collection, knows those dresses tell stories, ...

Like most who share her gender, Johanna Van Der Heyde enjoys fashion -- specifically dresses. But the dresses she most fancies (and fancy is a good word here) are 19th-century gowns intricately made ...

English School, 19th Century Portrait miniature of John Pardoe of Leyton, Essex (1787-1870), wearing a navy coat and yellow waistcoat; Portrait miniature of Charlotte Pardoe (neé Allix) (1785-1870), ...

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