Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The word crinoline typically conjures up an image of a vast, spreading, mid-19th century skirt. Think of Franz Xaver ...

The Crinoline Period (c. 1850-1869) featured voluminous skirts supported by cage crinolines, transforming women's fashion. Daytime dresses had high necklines while evening gowns showcased ...

20 April 1914 A costume exhibition at London’s Olympia shows interesting trends in the evolution of women’s fashions The century of costume that is being exhibited by Miss Dawson, of Chelsea, at the ...

Fashion changes very quickly. What's "in" today will probably be out tomorrow. Fashions can return, sometimes slightly altered, sometimes exactly the same. Fashion trends such as jeans, animal prints, ...

Why Crinoline became so popular It was a petticoat made up of hoops of steel and clothed in fabric. The dress helped women wear fashionable wide dresses without having several layers of underclothing.

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind wearing a voluminous crinoline dress What does Scarlett O’Hara, of the 1939 movie Gone With The Wind, and ladies of Punjab have in common? They ...

Deep in rural Australia, around a two-hour drive from the city of Melbourne, a small team of artisans produce fabulously ornate, couture-level gowns, made with the same meticulous attention to detail ...

From Vivienne Westwood to Jean Paul Gaultier creations, Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, covers everything there is to know about the most intimate of clothing. The exhibition is currently ...