Long before reality TV exposed the ugly underbelly of the female pursuit of beauty, women already were reaching for an impossible standard. The push for perfection is nothing new, it seems. That ...

By the early 2010s, the bodycon era was in full swing, fueling a need for tight, smoothing undergarments that create the ...

Dickens Victorian Village celebrates the author's holiday spirit. It opens Nov. 1 and will be on display through December.

“The Dress Diary” is an intimate record of one wardrobe — and its era. Anne Sykes’s collection of fabric remnants, lovingly preserved in an album, documents not merely her life but the Victorian era.

The school dress code, a prohibitive inventory of skirt lengths and neckline depths, is under attack from students, civil rights groups and government watchdogs, who view it as an artifact of a sexist ...

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Ellie Goulding made sure every detail of her wedding was personal. The “Anything Could Happen” singer, 32, tied the knot with Caspar Jopling in a regal affair on Saturday at the York Minster Cathedral ...

This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. For those of us who are working from home right now, there’s a greater urge than usual to pull out all of the yoga pants, sweatpants, ...

The Furbabies Dog Pageant is a themed canine costume competition for U.K. pups started in 2019 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Costume designer Holly Waddington puts a licentious spin on Victorian dress in the new Emma Stone movie, including a “vagina blouse” and a “condom coat.” By Cathy Whitlock Well-versed in the modern ...