Looted Leather and WWII Tires: How Doc Martens Came to Be
In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...
The 25 Shoes and Bags That Transformed Fashion
A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.
How the Couture Pattern Museum Preserves Artifacts That First Democratized Fashion
Rademaker's small museum in Santa Barbara, Calif., aims to preserve the paper sewing patterns women used to make French ...
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Christian Cowan runway show during New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2025 - 59329819
Models prepare backstage for Christian Cowan show at New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2025 at Glasshouse in New York on 7, ...
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What is the story behind Kate Middleton’s Holocaust Memorial pearl necklace? Here is how the princess brings fashion in tradition
was more than just a fashion choice—it carried significant meaning for the event, which marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau during World War II. Susan Caplan ...
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Did you know Louisiana women sorted mail for WWII soldiers as part of the Six Triple Eight?
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is the only all Black U.S. Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II.
Quiet heroes: Netflix film features all-women WWII unit ‘Six Triple Eight’
The women of the 6888th, subjects of the recent Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, were honored Wednesday evening at the ...
I accidentally found out my mother's role in WWII. Now I'm honoring women like her. | Opinion
I knew my mom was a WAC (Women’s Army Corps) but didn't know the details or historical significance until Tyler Perry released 'The Six Triple Eight' ...
Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
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I accidentally found out my mother's role in WWII. Now I'm honoring women like her. | Opinion
Donna F. Lewis' mother, Virgie Lee Caywood, served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a unit of African American women in World War II. The 6888th Battalion was tasked with clearing ...
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Darfur’s women refugees lead reforestation of war-blighted Sudan–Chad borderland
For Zahra Adam Khamis, a refugee from Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region and founder of The Safe Space for Women and Girls, these trees symbolize far more than shade or fruit: they represent a ...