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The portraits by the Baroque artist Chardin are an excellent example of the gender neutrality of eighteenth-century fashion: here the aged Jean-Baptiste wears an unusual peaked headdress and spectacles

The portraits by the Baroque artist Chardin are an excellent example of the gender neutrality of eighteenth-century fashion: here the aged Jean-Baptiste wears an unusual peaked headdress and spectacles. This is how he always looked

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How Facetune Worked in the Eighteenth Century

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As You Will Understand, the Enema and the Little Lapdog Were Equally Significant Fashions of the Eighteenth Century

As you will understand, the enema and the little lapdog were equally significant fashions of the eighteenth century. Jean-Frédéric Schall

Hand-coloured fashion plate of a man in a blue tailcoat, pale pantaloons and gaiters, holding a hat in his hand.

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Parisian men's costume of the early 19th century in a Costume Parisien fashion plate

The Parisian suit is when one hand is, quite literally, in the trousers. Fashion and the hardships of male existence

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Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, tries the Cartier Indian tiara with diamonds and pearls on a child

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Crinolines Can Be Cruel

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What to Do When Telegram Is Blocked

What to do when Telegram is blocked. Francisco Goya, 1820, Doctor Arrieta knows how to help

Hand-coloured print in two parts: at left a lady in a feathered hat with a fur muff, “In Fashion”; at right a woman in an apron and kerchief, “Out of Fashion”.

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What Was In and Out of Fashion: Furs, Feathered Hats and Muffs versus Aprons and Caps

In fashion: fur capes, feathered hats and muffs. Out of fashion: kitchen aprons, threadbare headscarves and mob caps. Mark this well

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The very sixteenth-century villa from "Call Me by Your Name", 55 kilometres from Milan, is on sale for a mere €1.7 million

The very sixteenth-century villa from "Call Me by Your Name", 55 kilometres from Milan, is on sale for a mere €1.7 million. 1,400 square metres, 14 rooms, frescoes by a pupil of Raphael and a splendid park ❤️

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Here Hubert de Givenchy Is 21

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What can one say: Givenchy's style and legacy remain relevant today

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