From Margot Robbie’s chaotic Harley Quinn to timeless classics like witches and vampires, this year’s most popular Halloween ...

For costume designer Kate Hawley, working with director Guillermo del Toro on “Frankenstein” wasn’t just an invitation to ...

Jessica Chastain and Guillermo del Toro on the set of "Crimson Peak." It’s possible that Halloween’s proximity may be making us more excited than normal about the exquisite Victorian-era costumes in ...

She favors frilly frocks and corsets, while he opts for plaid waistcoats accented with a gold chain. Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman are living memorials to a bygone time, dressing in Victorian-era garb ...

This gothic glam ... clown costumes are a last-minute lifesaver and a Rockford staple. Flannel, jeans, boots, and a ...

Costume designer Michael Wilkinson is the mastermind behind the looks in “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” a period musical that’s now streaming on Netflix. The idea, Wilkinson says of the holiday ...

They were designed in an era where an 18-inch waist was the height of fashion. But the pain of trying to cram into a tiny corset has been felt by one dramatic society which has sold off hundreds of ...

Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran (“Anna Karenina”) says it was a balancing act dressing the much-loved March sisters in director Greta Gerwig’s new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s ...

Step into a world of gothic mystery and Halloween fun at the Thomas Crane Public Library’s After Hours: Gothic Gala, a 21-and ...

Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of the 19th century. It led to the construction of ensembles of public ...

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