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The History of the Hawaiian Shirt

From kitsch to cool, ride the waves of undulating popularity of a tropical fashion statement.
by Teddy Brokaw via Smithsonian on April 16, 2020

An Oral History of the Members Only Jacket

On the fixture of white yuppiedom and icon of post-ironic millennial hipsterdom.
by Andrew Fiouzi via MEL on March 7, 2020
Caricature of Oscar Wilde in between a sunflower in a vase with the U.S. dollar symbol on it, and a lion with sunflower petals for a mane.

The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States

Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.
by Victoria Dailey via Los Angeles Review of Books on February 8, 2020

Afloat with Static

Jenny Turner reviews "Face It" by Debbie Harry.
by Jenny Turner via London Review of Books on December 14, 2019

The Big Data of Big Hair

We investigated a dataset of more than 30,000 high school yearbook photos from 1930–2013 to find out when big hair was at its height.
by Jan Diehm, Elle O'Brien via The Pudding on November 1, 2019

Made for Misfits: The Colorful History of the Black Leather Jacket

“Leather-laden outlaws struck fear into the hearts of civilians and cops alike, as they tore through towns with gleeful irreverence.”
by Lydia Sviatoslavsky via Collectors Weekly on October 2, 2019

How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music

The political rumblings beneath his 1969 album, "Hot Buttered Soul."
by Emily J. Lordi via The New Yorker on October 1, 2019

The Military Origins of Layering

The popular way to keep warm outdoors owes a debt to World War II–era clothing science.
by Rachel S. Gross via The Atlantic on September 15, 2019

Wimbledon’s First Fashion Scandal

100 years ago, a tennis player shocked spectators with her “indecent” dress—not for the last time.
by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell via The Atlantic on July 9, 2019

Rihanna Reveals the Story Behind her Latest Collection’s Imagery

How the 1960s Black Is Beautiful movement inspired her latest Fenty fashion collection.
by Sarah Mower via Vogue on May 29, 2019
Winona Ryder as Veronica in The Heathers.

“Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy

The 1989 cult classic ushered in a darker, weirder, more experimental era for teen movies.
by Naomi Fry via The New Yorker on March 27, 2019

On Ribbon and Revolution: Rethinking Cockades in the Atlantic

Examining the Age of Revolutions through one of its most familiar material markers.
by Ashli White via Age of Revolutions on March 25, 2019

Purchasing Patriotism: Politicization of Shoes, 1760s-1770s

Materials themselves, like shoes reflected and shaped political cultures around the revolutionary Atlantic and World.
by Kimberly S. Alexander via Age of Revolutions on March 4, 2019

The Strange History of the House’s 181-Year-Old Ban on Hats — and the Push to Overturn It

There isn’t any rule against tobacco spitting on the House floor, but there is one against wearing a hat.
by Ronald G. Shafer via Retropolis on January 4, 2019

Reconsidering the Jewish American Princess

How the JAP became America’s most complex Jewish stereotype.
by Jamie Lauren Keiles via Vox on December 5, 2018
A woman dressed in steampunk fashion.

Steampunk for Historians

It's about time.
by Scott P. Marler via Perspectives on History on December 3, 2018

The Most Dangerous Job: The Murder of America's First Bird Warden

His job was to protect the birds. But nobody was there to protect him.
by Lucas Reilly via Mental Floss on October 30, 2018

The Gender-Bending Style of Yankee Doodle's Macaroni

The outlandish "macaroni" style of 18th-century England blurred the boundaries of gender, as well as class and nationality.
by Matthew Wills, Amelia Rauser via JSTOR Daily on October 21, 2018
People working out in bikinis in a mall.
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As Swimsuit Season Ends, Pursuit of the ‘Bikini Body’ Endures

The "bikini body" is out. But the pressure to maintain the ideal female physique lives on.
by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela via Made By History on August 30, 2018

Women’s Liberation, Beauty Contests, and the 1920s: Swimsuit Edition

The swimsuit that's controversial now for its sexist overtones was once controversial for its suggestions of women’s liberation.
by Laura Prieto via Nursing Clio on June 19, 2018
Lucy Branham addresses an audience.

The Raiment of Resistance

If women were going to be judged by their appearance, then the suffragists wanted to shape their own image.
by Elaine Weiss via Lenny Letter on March 13, 2018

Dressmaking Led Elizabeth Keckley From Slavery to the White House

But her memoir caused a rift with Mary Todd Lincoln.
by Nadra Nittle via Racked on February 26, 2018

How Braids Tell America’s Black Hair History

Beyond three strands of hair interlocked around each other, there's a complicated story.
by Ayana Byrd via ELLE on December 27, 2017

Paul Manafort is a Glossy, Glossy Man

His wardrobe -- and the millions he spent on it -- tell you everything you need to know about power, 1980s-style.
by Robin Givhan via Washington Post on November 1, 2017
Charlie Chaplin and another mustachioed character in a film.

The Meaning of a Mustache

To shave or not to shave? At the start of the twentieth century, a trend away from facial hair reflected dramatic social and economic shifts.
by Christopher Oldstone-Moore, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on October 23, 2017

The Melania Controversy is Nothing New: Eleanor Roosevelt Pitched Hot Dog Buns

Concerns are raised when the first lady treats her office like a brand.
by Emily Heil, Krissah Thompson via Washington Post on February 8, 2017
A New Orleans parade, with confetti falling on the heads of men dancing in suits.

Sundays in the Streets

The long history of benevolence, self-help, and parades in New Orleans.
by Leslie Parr via Southern Cultures on December 16, 2016
Civil War generals Ambrose Burnside and Robert E. Lee, sporting the substantial beards.
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City Men on the Beard “Frontier”

A brief discussion of the fierce 19th century debates over beards, and how booming American cities created the perfect climate for all that facial hair to grow.
via BackStory on August 28, 2015
A bearded man dressed as a lumberjack with an axe resting on his shoulder.

Lumbersexuality and Its Discontents

One hundred years ago, a crisis in urban masculinity created the lumberjack aesthetic. Now it's making a comeback.
by Willa Brown via The Atlantic on December 10, 2014

Retail Therapy

What our mannequins say about us.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on December 6, 2013
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