When the smallpox vaccine was first introduced in the 18th century, not everyone was eager to get inoculated. Many French people were suspicious of the new procedure, which was banned in Paris for ...

Partygoers show out in stunning 18th-century costumes for annual French ball. Hundreds of partygoers showed up and showed out in beautiful costumes for an 18th-century themed Fetes Galantes at the ...

Pre-revolutionary French fashion comes to life in movie clips from Sofia Coppola’s Marie ... but the keen-eyed would have spotted on one outfit an 18th century accoutrement – the ...

Fashion’s penchant for nostalgia ensures that every season includes one throwback or another; recently resurrected styles range from ‘’60s prep to ’70s swagger. But for his latest ...

Corsets, known as “stays” in the 18th century, along with panniers, were integral to women’s silhouettes in court fashion. However, the practice of corsetry, which cinches the waist and ...

That legacy can be traced to the 18th century French watchmaker Jean-Charles Oudin, known as Charles, ... Fashion, trends, love and more. An Armed and Legged Fish: How Steve, ...

Objects such as François-André Vincent’s glasses are illuminated through histories of reading, of seeing and of measuring time Portrait of the painter Francois Andre Vincent (1746-1816), 18th ...

In the 18th century, people only had letters, but what they wrote about feels very familiar.” England and France have a long, complicated history of being at war, most notably the Hundred Years ...