Here's where you'll find articles previously published by Jolique. Simply click on whatever takes your fancy and learn something new about something very old: dress.
Body Art and Cosmetics:
Skin Deep: Orlan Takes Beauty to a Whole New Level - A French performance artist challenges the beauty culture (03/02/00)
Purple Passion - history of a hue (05/15/01)
Footwear:
High Society - Platform shoes and social status (4/13/00).
Judging the Book by the Cover - real shoes for real men (02/01/01)
Gender:
Crossing Boundaries: Albania's Sworn Virgins (06/09/00)
Gender and Desire in Polo Ralph Lauren's Cowboy Imagery (5/7/02)
General Interest:
Coming
Out: The Debut of the Young American Woman (09/22/00) Coming
Out II: Cash and Caste in the Euro-American Debutante Ritual (11/27/00)
The
Dawning of Dress: Adornment and the Afterlife - paleolithic origins
of dress (05/11/00) The
Evil Eye - Spiritual links to our adornment history (06/16/00) The
Evils of Artifice: Cosmetic Use in Europe from the Baroque Age to the
Victorian Age (Fall/99) Shades
of Indigo Blue in the Golden State, by
Julie Fourie - How a simple work garment became an American
icon (10/19/00). Ward
of the Robes - musings on the secret life of objects worn (04/06/01)
Governance:
Regulating the Body - a brief history of sumptuary laws (01/31/01)
Rules of the Game - dress codes and society (01/12/01)
Jewelry and Gemstones:
Electric Gold: The Magic of Amber - Learn some fascinating facts about a substance that has captivated the world for thousands of years (09/07/00).
Modesty:
Only
Modesty
- Is modesty, as Havelock Ellis claims, a "peculiarly feminine"
trait? (01/15/02)
Neckwear:
Tied Up - a brief history of a phallic symbol (3/15/01)
Perfume:
Chemistry and Alchemy: Turning the Real Into the Ethereal (02/17/00)
The Origins of Eau de Cologne (03/23/00)
Perfumed Prose - Jolique dusts off an old book in which perfume and murder blend in captivating ways. (03/09/00)
Smell:Scents and Sensibilities by Erin M. Loos (05/18/00)
A Sniff At Smell (02/24/00)
Social Status:
Yankee Doodle: A New England Dandy in King George's Court, by Julie Fourie (08/10/00)
Undergarments:
Bloomers and Bicycles - How the invention of the bicycle transformed Euro-American women's underwear (06/15/02)
Codfish, Baguettes and Other Member Outings - How the phallus stepped into the limelight in the 13th century (07/20/00).
