Where to find national clothing in France. List of French folk museums
French costume museums are among those places where you can find hundreds of authentic historical outfits from the 18th and 19th centuries.…
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7 articles about clothing, craft, and tradition.
French lace. Vintage lace baby bibs
Since the invention of lace, people love it and widely use it to decorate their clothing. The French lace appeared at the end of the 17th…
Traditional clothing of sans-culottes. How was it different from usual 18th-century French clothes?
Sometimes, clothing plays a very important role in our life. And we’re not talking about being a fashionista or icon of style, we’re…
Fashion of the Dark Age Europe. The Carolingian Renaissance
Thanks to the Carolingian Renaissance that existed in Dark Age Europe in the 9th-10th centuries, France got its reputation as the center of…
Hairdos and hairstyles of Marie Antoinette. The 18th-century absurd hairstyles
Fashion is often so ridiculous that we can’t understand how people can wear that or why do they do it? Here is a story of avant-garde…
French beret. How to read a Frenchman’s mood by his beret
A beret is an old mark of a French man. Locals manage to show their mood easily with a help of their beret. You can just look at how it is…
Jewelry of Marie Antoinette. What is left of her large and costly collection?
What do you know about Marie Antoinette’s expensive collection of jewels? Only part of them are known today (they are in museums or private…