In March of 1883, Alva Vanderbilt threw one of the most lavish parties of the Gilded Age. Alva herself came as a Venetian princess, and a number of men went as Louis XVI, perhaps oblivious to the fact ...

With Halloween fast approaching, which means many of us out there will be gearing up to play dress up - and if you are, you may as well go all out. If every year you're tempted to go as wicked witch ...

Store-bought Halloween costumes are OK — but they can be uncomfortable, and you run the risk of running into a million other people dressed just like you. That's why we love DIY Halloween costumes for ...

Halloween means fancy dress. And with fancy dress can come controversy. We’ve seen it with Prince Harry and his ill-thought out Nazi uniform, students dressing up as murder victims, and two girls ...

Their outfits included models of the two hijacked planes crashing into the New York skyscrapers and tiny model people falling to their deaths Partygoers Amber Langford and Annie Collinge dressed in ...

A couple of years ago, my local newspaper, The Nottingham Post, interviewed me for a Halloween story about the psychology of fancy dress. Before I was interviewed, I did a search of academic ...

Just because they're royal doesn't mean they can't have fun with fancy dress! While people around the world often opt for regal-inspired costumes, these real-life royals show us how they play dress up ...