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Articles with keyword "Fashion"

Hawaiian Garden shirt

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Beyond Island Wear

Alfred Shaheen brought Hawaiian fashion to the world.

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A Perfect Fit

How the New York garment industry helped shape American society.

Fashionably dressed Parisian women

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The Color of Fashion

How two American women changed the stardards of style and scooped the Paris prognosticators.

woman in thin-soled slippers

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Teensy-Weensy, Itty-Bitty Shoes

Women's shoes in the early nineteenth century were ideal for doing nothing.

Michael Anton adjusting tie

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The Dandy

Author Michael Anton speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the history and influences behind modern men's fashion.

Genevieve receiving King Mark's letter

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Dating Fashionable Middle-Aged People

A scholar's epic journey to catalog two hundred years of medieval dress.

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A Ladies' Rumble

Mad hatter tears worshipper's chapeau in two during Sunday service.

Wedding dress from Bethlehem

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Fashion Statements

The caftan-like shape is typical of Palestinian dresses, but the woven stripe pattern, the appliquéd areas on the shoulders, sleeves, and skirt, the densely embroidered chest square, and the color sch

Edith Head shows designs to Alfred Hithcock for 1946 film Notorious

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Hollywood by Design

Oklahoma remembers the career of costumier Edith Head.