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Actress Celina Jaitly, who is an avid social media user, took to social media to share her fondness for Austria’s traditional attire—the Dirndl. In a heartfelt note, the ‘No Entry’ ...
shipbrook, Flickr // CC BY 2.0. The evolution of menstruation technology is fascinating, and it is something women wore under their skirts. Well, at least after the 1800s. Before that, historians ...
At the end of the 19th century, the exhibition hall in Vienna was run by a conservative artists' association called the Künstlerhaus, and it was almost obligatory for Austrian painters to belong ...
The top portion of a 15th-century “skirted bra” from Austria’s Lengberg Castle surprised clothing historians who thought cups were a 19th-century innovation. Photograph by Institute of ...
With her narrow waist enhanced by tightly laced corsets, lustrous coils of braided hair and gorgeous clothing, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary was renowned for her beauty and style.