It was a sight that would have made any jewelry lover sigh ““ a dress made entirely of Swarovski crystals, each stone catching the light and sparkling like the stars on a dark night. Colleen Atwood, ...

Did you also think that the costumes in the movies are historically accurate? It turns out that even the most iconic movies have mistakes: sometimes objects that simply could not have existed at the ...

Nicole Kowrach grew up traveling from Michigan to the Chicago area to visit museums. But she only began considering working ...

From left, Costume Council members Sally Enthoven, Melissa Dvorak and April Riessen at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk photo) Beverley Jackson, Santa Barbara society ...

Actresses usually ask for bigger trailers to accommodate their egos. In the case of Keira Knightley, who plays a flamboyant 18th-century fashion icon in the upcoming film "The Duchess," the extra room ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles highlighting the winners of the third annual Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Delaware ...

The Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown-Yorktown Foundations are co-sponsoring a symposium that explores historical and theatrical dress, material culture and reproduction costumes. The annual ...

Tamika Burton has dressed up as Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Coleman, and Joe Louis, among other African American trailblazers. Each February, Tamika Burton, a Spanish teacher at Collegium ...

Since it's a haunting holiday, costumes based around spirits, ghouls, witches are classic and spotted throughout the years.