In honour of the summer that is (hopefully) arriving soon, I’ve decided to dip back into my Style History series. Each post details the life and career of a different notable designer, and there aren’t many modern designers in my series. (And a lot of […]

Today is a big milestone for An Historian About Town- today marks 8 years of the blog! (This blog is now in the second grade…) Given that this is done in my spare time on top of two jobs, a dog, and an adult life […]

As I think we all know, my Style File Friday posts are some of the most popular on the blog. Fashion history is always a reader favourite, and several of my contemporary SFF posts from past years took off this year as well. I think […]

While I don’t want to discuss Covid-19 at all times (who does?), it has certainly impacted our lives. No matter where you are, you’ve probably gone into a lockdown this year. Possibly more than once. We pay attention to daily counts and news briefings, we […]

Who knew when we started this year that many of us would be working from home and only really require the top half of a wardrobe? Not going to lie, I didn’t see it coming. In some ways, working from home saves a lot of […]