Once used as protective gear in ancient Greece, the breastplate has inspired designers through various eras — from Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen in the 1960s and ‘70s to Shakira’s Lunar Blu ...

Caillebotte (1848-1894) was best known for being a benefactor to his fellow Impressionists. Dismissed by his contemporaries ...

Over the generations bedikat hametz (searching for leaven) has become a wonderful bonding opportunity for parents and ...

Long before borders were built and empires fell, before railways cut across forests and textiles became brands, there were ...

The Vancouver in Herzog’s viewfinder was packed and vibrant. Leica in hand, he paced a favourite path through Strathcona and ...

Donald Trump has suggested making Canada the 51st US state. Could he? And how are (usually polite) Canadians fighting back?

One of the oldest pairs of jeans in the world is this set of Levi’s, made around the 1880s and still tough as ... equality between the sexes, since men and women alike could wear it.

Growing up in Marianao, a city next to Havana, Cuba, in the early 1950s, I remember the excitement of people in the ...

He also stood out for his height (6-foot-3), his lean frame, his shabby clothing and his deep ... to steel mills and Chinatowns to show her the men and women from all over the world who were ...

Brooches are having a major moment in menswear. (We loved seeing them all over the Oscars.) Take cues from Bode’s look, and ...

From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium lured many toward illicit ...

“Harlem is Black culture incarnate,” said panelist and Harlem-born bandleader Dandy Wellington. “It’s where the hoi polloi ...