Tag: fashion history

Load up your zeppelin and don’t forget those brassy bits, today we’re going Steampunk! I have been enthralled by anything Steampunk for years, and I doubt I’ll ever get over it. Its influence can be found in just about every medium; in books, comics, movies, television, music, fashion, exterior & interior design (check out these [...]

What a statement the understated little black dress can be. But did you know that wearing a fashionable “little black dress” started in the 20′s? Wearing black was originally reserved for funerals and mourning. Popular convention stated that it was indecent at other times. It wasn’t until 1926,  when designer Coco Chanel published a picture of a short, [...]