flounced Belle Époque bustles at the back of some of the trousers—but in fact, they were all built into the very nature of these clothes. The pattern cutting made every element integral to the ...

Undeterred, I’ve come to Paris to unpack what I can of the belle époque — a golden age of bohemia, optimism and technological progress that flourished in the peaceful years between 1871 and ...

"Classic Posters of the Belle Epoque," on display at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami in Florida, opened with a reception on Friday night and runs through April 3. The late-19th-century ...