An 18th century doll wearing a petticoat made from a newspaper article about the brutal murder of a maid has sold for £27,500 - smashing its estimate of £8,000 to £12,000.

We all know "Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket" but have you ever stopped to wonder how one can actually lose a pocket? How a petticoat is held up? Or how the common 18th century woman dressed?

YORK — Old York Historical Society presents a special talk, "From Petticoats to Pockets: Getting Dressed in the 18th Century," with Kristel Henry and Hannah Peterson, historical reenactors, and ...

Schirf also doesn’t paint her nails and wouldn’t allow photographs of her wearing her 21st-century eyeglasses, not while donning her puffed-up petticoats, handkerchief, gown and the other 18th ...

Whalebone petticoats and lard: how to dress for a night out in 18th-century Dublin Dublin was a wealthy city in the 1700s and business was brisk for dressmakers St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, 1796.

What It’s Like to Wear This Extreme 18th Century ... memes referencing Balenciaga’s XXL Spring 2020 cakeified dresses spliced with images of 18th century women in ginormous petticoats ...