While fashion magazines and social media strongly influence how people dress today, there were literally fashion police in ...

Sunscreen, Clothing and Caves May Have Given Modern Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals When Earth’s Magnetic Field Wandered A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided ...

This fear of swallowing pins was likely influenced by their widespread nature in early modern society. Pins were used to hold together clothing, style hair, organise documents and, of course, for ...

It was disrespectful if your clothing trailed on the ground or if under garments were past the ankle in length. Image caption, A man wearing a modern day thawb (long tunic) and taqiyah (cap).

Castles served to enforce law and order during the Middle Ages and the early modern era. Often, they had facilities to hold people captive. The Questenburg near Sangerhausen (Mansfeld-Südharz ...