Fashion

Men marching with bagpipes wearing tartan kilts

General History

Q&A When did the Scots start wearing tartan – and what did it mean?

A drawing of a Georgian woman in a wide dress and a towering wig

How to survive in the Georgian court

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Pod Victoria Finlay WL

Stitching together the history of fabric . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture of a 19th-century bloomer costume

Q&A When did women start wearing trousers?

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

18th century French caricature satirising the fashion for enormous wigs

Q&A Did Rococo wigs really have mice?

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First World War

10 surprising facts about First World War uniforms

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments. (Getty Images)

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments

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Sue Pritchard, curator of a new exhibition of royal portraits at the National Maritime Museum, discusses how wigs were used to convey royal power. (Image from Getty Images)

Portraits, power and royal wigs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

A brief history of changing hairstyles

The Featherington sisters (played by Nichola Coughlan, Harriet Cains and Polly Walker) curtsey to Queen Charlotte in Netflix series ‘Bridgerton’ as part of their debutante debut. (Photo by LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX © 2020)

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

Dark side of fashion: a 1910 portrait of a woman wearing a hat adorned with ostrich plumes and a stuffed bird. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, owning hats like this was a sign of status for many women. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

A hatful of horror: the Victorian headwear craze that led to mass slaughter

10 February 1840: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their return from their wedding at St James's Palace, London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Why do brides wear white dresses? Plus the history behind 3 more wedding traditions

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Coco Chanel photographed in Paris, c1936

Chanel and the Riviera . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Madam CJ Walker, America's first female millionaire. (Photo courtesy of Madam Walker Family Archives/A'Lelia Bundles)

Self Made: the real story of Madam CJ Walker, America’s first black female millionaire