artwork analysis
garment analysis

1535-40 – Attributed to Corneille de Lyon, Anne de Pisseleu (1508–1576)

1530-1539, 1540-1549, 16th century, artwork analysis

Anne de Pisseleu, Duchesse d'Étampes, exemplifies fashionable women's dress in France c. 1535-1540 with her tight bodice with lowered square neckline, inverted "V" shaped skirt with visible underskirt, and French hood headdress.

1884-1886 – Mme Grapanche, Red Silk Dinner Dress

1880-1889, 19th century, garment analysis

A pinnacle of 1880s fashion, this bustled gown's many intricate style details, full silhouette, and bright red color make it a dress to be admired now and envied then.

film analysis
thematic essays
year overview

1939 – Cukor, The Women / 1956 – Miller, The Opposite Sex

1930-1939, 1950-1959, film analysis

Trusting Park Avenue socialite Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to scheming shopgirl Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford), and can only win him back if she becomes as cunning as her so-called friends.

Compartment Couture: New York City Department Stores 1850-1930

19th century, 20th century, thematic essays

By examining fashion modes, economical and societal fluctuations, and urban developments, this essay explores how New York City department stores changed from their initial founding as dry goods stores, developed through the turn of the twentieth century, and emerged in the interwar years.

1869

1860-1869, 19th century, year overview

In 1869, women were beginning to wear bustled silhouettes, often with trains. Bright synthetic dyes continued to be popular and a taste for 18th-century revival elements like the polonaise was growing.

1856

1850-1859, 19th century, year overview
1886

1880-1889, 19th century, year overview
1855

1850-1859, 19th century, year overview

ancient
early Middle Ages
14th century
15th century
16th century

himation

ancient, H, term definition

An rectangular cloak wrapped around the body and thrown over the left shoulder worn by the ancient Greeks.

1964 – Glenville, Becket

1960-1969, early Middle Ages, film analysis

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.

tablion

Byzantine, T, term definition
dalmatic tunic

Byzantine, D, T, term definition
Byzantine

Byzantine, culture overview
Early Middle Ages

decade overview, early Middle Ages

pattens

14th century, 15th century, P, term definition

Wooden-soled platform over-shoes, which were commonly worn from the 14th century to the 18th century.

poulaine

14th century, 15th century, P, term definition
doublet

14th century, 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, D, term definition
dagging

14th century, 15th century, 16th century, D, term definition
particolored

14th century, 15th century, P, term definition
1350-1399

1350-1399, 14th century, decade overview

Spanish farthingale

15th century, 16th century, 17th century, F, S, term definition

A skirt made with a series of hoops that widened toward the feet to create a triangular or conical silhouette, created in the late fifteenth century.

jerkin

16th century, 17th century, J, term definition

A close-fitting men's jacket, often worn for warmth, sometimes without sleeves. It was worn over a doublet in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century

roses / rosettes

17th century, R, term definition

Rosettes are a decorative rose element usually found on shoes in the 17th century as fashion statement.

bum roll

16th century, 17th century, B, R, term definition
busk

16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, B, term definition
fontange

17th century, F, term definition
Spanish cape

16th century, 17th century, C, S, term definition
1642 – Ferdinand Bol, Portrait of a Woman

1640-1649, 17th century, artwork analysis

Style Revolution: Journal des Dames et des Modes (1797-1804) Digitized!

1790-1799, 1800-1809, blog

The Morgan Library & Museum’s collection of prints includes an extremely rare set of the world’s most radical fashion plates. Recently rediscovered, these revolutionary 1797-1804 pictures from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, in exceptionally good condition, have been digitized and edited in a website, Style Revolution.

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