A fascinating new book untangles the importance of hair in women’s lives — emotionally, economically, socially and ...

A reader wonders what she should do with the high-end garments that stay in her closet year round. Our fashion critic ...

Decades after Jackie Kennedy was lambasted for wearing French brands, the Democratic presidential candidate goes full ...

The first widespread agreement across the American Colonies dealt with economic independence from British trade and taxation.

Edgewood Outfitters recently opened in Greenbrier Mall in Chesapeake. Its size-inclusive collection includes jeans, dresses, ...

Part three of “Women’s Clothes and the Stories They Tell” looks at the significance of the SCHCC as a teaching resource.

Take one glance at social media (including my own Facebook groups) and you'll find that women 50 and over are spending their ...

That in turn is redefining the very idea of what American fashion means in ways that have little to do with what is happening ...

Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

Would I be a better scholar if I didn’t have children? For sure. Honestly, I mean, I used to work all the time before I had ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly ...