The Epochs

Dress is a fascinating indicator of the culture of an epoch! Clothing reflects people and their lives; socially, politically, and economically. Through the ages trends and tastes evolve and the pendulum of fashion swings forever from one extreme to another. Skilful hands created all these iconic garments, one stitch at a time.

In each article in this section, I describe the fashion and its changes by directly referring to original period sources such as paintings, texts and objects.