Cthulhu HoopSun's Out, Hoops Out! When your favorite old one wakes from his death like slumber he likes to get his groove on with a hula hoop. He's so good with a hoop it will make you lose your mind! While the modern da...

Cat AnatomyMost people have undoubtedly heard the nursery rhyme What Are Little Boys Are Made Of, but most have no idea who is responsible for its creation. This funny little poem about snips, snails, puppy dog tails, su...

Zanzibar, a group of islands off the coast of Tanz...  ...led a collection of images of the Swahili women's fashions of yore.

Matthäus Schwarz had a passion for clothing,...  ...passion for clothing, particularly any historical fashions he could find documentation on. That wasn't much...  ...137 illustrations of Schwarz modeling clothing. A fashion diary that required so much work might seem to be...  ...black, who co-authored the...

The flapper culture of the Roaring Twenties was a...  ...ars, drinking, smoking, and most of all, dancing. Fashions were adapted to the idea of freedom- and the cors...  ...hold. Lighter, shorter dresses became ever more fashionable after World War I, as did comfortable clothing an...  ...ilhouette seemed moder...

(Image credit: Wellcome Images)Dear A.J., I’...  ...in the entire agonizing history of women’s fashion , Spanx is pretty benign. Consider its 16th-centur...  ...s squeeze into a hobble skirt. This chic garment - fashionable in 1910s Paris- was so tight that wearers were re...

A true capitalist can see the value in any political movement if there is enough money to be made from it. In 1911, women in England were working to achieve the right to vote. A large demonstration was planned for June 1...

People, especially women, have often put their liv...  ...eir lives at risk to be attractive. Some fads and fashions are more dangerous than others, and throughout hi...  ...Jennifer Wright is the author of the book Killer Fashion : Poisonous Petticoats, Strangulating Scarves and...  ...ts Throughout History, wh...

Once upon a time, you thought you were the only person who had to endure wearing a Christmas sweater that was too cheesy to be cool. It was even worse when that sweater was an actual Christmas gift, meaning you had to ac...

Dressing up your kitty this Halloween? Even if you...  ...ou're not, he or she might just need a little fun fashion accessory and Think Geek has you covered. It seem...