Returning from my first trip to France, I was inspired to make a costume gown to honor one of my favorite historical figures, Marie Antoinette.Before I began designing the gown, I did intensive research on Rococo fashion from the 1770s. Pulling my favo…

Dawn Reid Brean, associate curator of decorative arts at The Frick Pittsburgh, discusses Isabelle de Borchgrave's interpretation of 18th century fashions.

Enlightened fashions inspired by the past.

c. 1660

Fasion of 1780's

Le Grand Trianon Versailles France 1st August 2011 Fashion exhibitions in museums span the globe. Yojhi Yamamoto was a big success at The Victoria and - The 18th Century Back in Fashion

Late last year I had the honor of receiving an invitation to a 1757 reenactment in March 2017 in Zeilitzheim. I knew I wanted a new saque fo...

French court dress of 1785

This is a page from the Eyewitness series book on fashion, the book that got me interested in historical fashion as a child.