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Louise D'Arcens receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Middle Ages might seem the last place feminists would go to seek inspiration. But from around the 1850s advocates for dress ...

Fashion in the Middle Ages was far from dull. Beneath the layers were bold choices, rigid rules, and styles that sometimes went completely off the rails Canada has a secessionist movement on its hands ...

Medieval fashion was tightly controlled by law and class. Shoes grew so long they became dangerous, forcing soldiers to cut them off before battle. Headdresses reached four feet in height. Bright dyes ...