French 1700s fashion

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

Oh the ruffles!

History of fashion My favorites: 2010s, 2000s, 1940s, 1930s, 1960s, 1750s, 1700s, 1730s, 1660s, 1640s, 1560s, 1520s, 1480s. And yours?

What should the poor do when they run out of bread? “Let them eat cake.” Although Marie Antoinette never actually said it, it became a symbol of how the upper classes were completely ignorant about…

The redingote (or redingotte, redingot) is a type of coat that has had several forms over time. The name is derived from a French alteration of the English "riding coat", an example of reborrowing.