The contemporary bloomer is, of course, a reintroduction of a classic silhouette that has, for centuries, been associated ...

a time when fashion and jewelry deftly signaled a person’s social status, financial wealth and even emotional state. Victorian dress was rife with symbolism and evolved around rigid codes of ...

But these aren’t your Victorian ... corsets and dresses.” Because they exposed women’s ankles—which were seen as sexual organs at the time—bloomers were a controversial fashion statement.

A middle-class Victorian woman might wear a dress made of alpaca wool ... her friends by playing a piano with ivory keys or own a parrot or monkey as a living fashion accessory. In this innovative ...

Dress, Gucci. Panty, Deborah Marquit. Ring, Solange Ltd. Slingbacks, Michael Kors Collection. Dress, Max Mara. Earrings, Solange Ltd. Socks, Wolford. Pumps, Prada. We ...

InStyle brings you the latest trends in gorgeous wedding dresses from short styles to long ball gowns! We've found wedding dresses that fit every figure, budget, personal style, and wedding theme.

Primary among them is the dreaded wedding dress code. If you’ve ever spent the better part of an afternoon puzzling over a mystifying mishmash of terms and trying to figure out what in the hell ...