By Kathleen McDermott
From August to November 2017, I made a drawing a day and posted them to "My Daily Sketchbook," an on-line portfolio of 100 illustrations exploring history of fashion. There you'll see divas, tiaras, hats, hair-dos, women's history, and more.
20 drawings are presented below in an illustrated slideshow exploring key style-setters from ancient times to present.
In Ancient times
Non-Binary in Renaissance Europe
Extreme Fashion in 18th-Century France
Revolution in Hair, 1790s
Exquisite Adornment in the early 19th century
1920s: Revolutionary Hair
1930s: the Hat's Greatest Moment
Surreal Wigs of the 1930s
Queenly 1940s Updos
Classic Style-Setters of the 1960s
Absolutely Fabulous Black Contemporary
Right Now!
All illustrations ©2017 Kathleen McDermott. Please credit.
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