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By 1776, the inexpensive hunting shirt had become the accepted field dress for Washington's army.

Mississippi delegate Kelly Jacobs used a photograph taken by official White House photographer Pete Souza, manipulating its orientation and color, and then had the design custom printed. She wore this dress at the Democratic National Convention in…

Image from a manuscript in exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum, Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands 

From exhibit label:
"The mannequin is covered by strips of maps from every corner of the planet but each strip tells only a fragment of a story. Only when assembled together, we discern their purpose and aesthetic quality. The belt depics a…

reeling silk filament

Medieval Madonna knitting with double pointed needles. The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art by Gerald W. R. Ward. (on Google Books)Some 14th-century Italian paintings, and one by Master Bertram of Minden (Hamburg, Kunsthalle),…

Transitioning from the popular S-curve silhouette, this fashionable and eye-catching dress is more streamlined, with a slightly raised waist, introducing a more modern look. What is of most interest is the surprising combination of materials, using…

Silver, with traces of enamel and gilding, poddinly Genoa

Tin-glazed earthenware, Brindisi. Produced in the workshops of Brindisi, Italy