Catherine with ‘the Great’ Fashion Sense or Not?
There was a valid reason why she was called ‘Catherine the Great’. Not because she was a great wife and queen to Tsar Peter…
King Louis XIV: The Sun King or the Fashion King?
QUESTION! Who was the Sun King? It was King Louis XIV of the House of Bourbon of France, son of King Louis XIII and…
The History of Jewellery: Baroque Period, Rococo Era, Georgian Era, Jewellery, Victorian Jewellery and Contemporary Movements (Part 2)
Jewellery had set the stage way earlier than we could have imagined. We often see paintings of people in power, and photographs of the…
The History of Jewellery: The Ancient World, The Medieval Era and the Renaissance (Part 1)
My sister, Michelle, once said, “Jewellery is like a rope that traces and accentuates a woman’s beauty”, and it got me pondering over the…
Fashion Lookbook of the French Bourbon Consorts: Before the French Revolution- The Baroque Period and Early Rococo Era.
Bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs, bienvenue dans la période baroque et au début de l’ère rococo de l’histoire de la mode française. In other words:…
A Tudor Woman at Court
The Tudor period was one for the history books. This period marked the end of the Civil War between the House of Lancaster and…
Quiet Luxury Is Four Hundred Years Old
The merchants of Edo Japan were forbidden from showing their wealth, so they put it where only they could see it. In museum collections…
Dandyism: History of the English Dandyman
The Georgian Era brought a rich cultural history, societal shifts, marvellous architecture, romantic literature, and English supremacy, which, without a doubt, transformed that period…
Arsenic and Old Lace
In the century when the most beautiful colour in the room was also the most dangerous Matilda Scheurer made leaves for a living. Not…