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A drawing of a Georgian woman in a wide dress and a towering wig

How to survive in the Georgian court . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Victoria Finlay WL

Stitching together the history of fabric . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture of a 19th-century bloomer costume

Q&A When did women start wearing trousers?

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

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18th century French caricature satirising the fashion for enormous wigs

Q&A Did Rococo wigs really have mice? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First World War

10 surprising facts about First World War uniforms

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments. (Getty Images)

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments

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Sue Pritchard, curator of a new exhibition of royal portraits at the National Maritime Museum, discusses how wigs were used to convey royal power. (Image from Getty Images)

Portraits, power and royal wigs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

A brief history of changing hairstyles

Dark side of fashion: a 1910 portrait of a woman wearing a hat adorned with ostrich plumes and a stuffed bird. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, owning hats like this was a sign of status for many women. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

A hatful of horror: the Victorian headwear craze that led to mass slaughter

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Why do brides wear white dresses? Plus the history behind 3 more wedding traditions

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Coco Chanel photographed in Paris, c1936

Chanel and the Riviera . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Madam CJ Walker, America's first female millionaire. (Photo courtesy of Madam Walker Family Archives/A'Lelia Bundles)

Self Made: the real story of Madam CJ Walker, America’s first black female millionaire

Henrietta Boyle

Fashion history: dressing to impress in the 17th century

Ballerina Margot Fonteyn in a tutu

Q&A Who invented the tutu?