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Comfortable Elegance — A 5-Minute Guide to the Tea Gown

After a hard day at the mercy of a corset, 19th-century well-to-do ladies found welcome relief in the tea gown. Worn for …

Whether you love the Regency romances of Jane Austen, the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the science fiction of Jules …

Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) loved to paint rural scenes from nature. He loved to express the beauty and truth of …

Does a tiny Australian island in the South Pacific with evergreen pines, jagged cliffs, pure blue waters, and sandy …

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) loved the sea. Considered one of the greatest marine artists in history, during his …

Between 1885 and 1917, Peter Carl Fabergé created a limited number of exclusive jeweled eggs for the Russian Tsars …

26th March, 1874. Dear Diary, It's our Easter Holiday. At last, the long cold winter is over and spring is finally here. …

Claude Monet loved nature — and what better time to enjoy it than its reawakening after a long, cold winter. He loved to …

Following on from our article on corsets, we turn our attention to the bustle. We think the bustle epitomizes Victorian …

The Impressionist painter Frank Myers Boggs loved France. He loved the quays and monuments along the Seine in Paris. He …

Audrey Hepburn was elegance personified. Her wistful expressions, her svelte figure, her impish charm, captivated …

The stories from history are all around us. Take this image of a snuffbox from Russia for example. It is part of the …