Get groovy with 70s women’s hairstyles! From bohemian waves to sleek bobs, channel the iconic fashion of the era and make a bold fashion statement.
Jacket Synonym
An introduction to the names possible for coats and cloaks often confusing to the costume beginner. Many terms like Mantles, mantelets, cloaks, capes, capelets and pelerines pelisse, pardessus, paletot, and redingote confuse and mystify – but all are coats, jackets or upper body cover ups.
Mantle Clothing
A brief history of Mantle, Mantelet, Mantles Clothing and Epaulet Fashion History .
Victorian Cape
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com From Victorian Romantic Era to Edwardian Cloaks and Capes Fashion history shows that women are ever changing their minds about long versus and short and it was the same with cloaks. As well as longer versions, shorter cloaks were in vogue from 1850 and were ideal cover ups for …
Edwardian Cape
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com table of content Typical Fancy Fabrics for 1890’s Cloaks and Capes The history of fashion would be nothing without fabrics. For cloaks, capes and capelets a wide range of fabrics were used including wool, figured cloth, wool Melton, satin, silk, pleated chiffon, velvet, velveteen, bourdon lace, lace, moiré, taffeta …
Capes to Poncho, Pashmina and Pareo 1900-2000
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Capes and Cloaks New styles of coats emerged during the 1900s. Many were a cross between a cloak and a coat. Cloak styles showed new influences and often had trailing art nouveau patterns with oriental inspired lines. The change in silhouette around 1908 and the trend to a straighter …
Pictures of Medieval Women’s Hairstyles & Headwear 1327-1485 | English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
1327-1485 – Women’s Hair & Headdresses Edited By Pauline Weston Thomas For Fashion-Era.com 1327-1485 – Women’s Hair & Headdresses As Shown In ‘English Costume History by Dion Clayton Calthrop’ This costume history page is about hair fashion history. It consists of a selection of women only headdresses and hairstyle illustrations with original text from 1327 …
Pictures of Costume Jewelry
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Below I show some picture examples of delightful costume jewelry pieces all from Glitterbug a vintage costume jewelry store. Such a variety exists within pieces called costume jewelry from enamel to the sparkle of diamante, to beaten copper, to the use of semi precious stones that it has been …
High Fashion Jewellery 2008
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Jewellery Trends for Autumn 2008 and Winter 2009Van Cleef & Arpels Couture, Luxury, High Jewellery There is luxury jewellery, there are numerous couture jewellers, then at the top of the high jewellery tree is Van Cleef & Arpels. Even if you cannot afford this luxury – yet, its well worth …
How To Make a Pareo – Free Pareo Pattern and Instructions for Easy Wrap Zorro Cloak
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com What is a Pareo? A Pareo is almost the simplest of capes to make. It is a long length of wool fabric about 70 to 80 inches made from 60-inch wide cloth that is slit and very lightly shaped part way up the center fold. This is an item …