I am continuing on with my style histories in 2020! I really enjoy researching and writing these. Not only are these a fantastic education in modern fashion history, they give a much broader context to what we see today. For example, given the chunky Balenciaga […]

Fashion history is littered with different honorifics for designers. Jeanne Lanvin was the Mother of Fashion. And Norman Hartnell was the First Knight of Fashion. But do you know who the King of Fashion was? Paul Poiret was born in the nineteenth century and made […]

Depending on what your fashion history interests are, you gravitate towards different periods and different clothing. However, if you are at all interested in modern fashion history, Jeanne Lanvin is a name that you should know. The oldest French fashion house* still in operation, Lanvin […]

Madeleine Vionnet is not a household name by any stretch. However, although we don’t all inherently know her, she made an incredible impact on modern fashion history. The French fashion designer was a contemporary of Coco Chanel and Paul Poiret, and was considered one of […]

When you are looking at famous named designers, I think that most everyone can agree that Charles Frederick Worth was the original. He is a name that you see over and over again in fashion history, and for good reason. Worth revolutionised both the design […]