Textiles conservator Holly Messinger examines pieces of a man’s frock coat she was preserving at the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City on Thursday, April 18, 2025. The coat, recovered from ...

Holly Messinger, the textiles conservator at The Arabia Steamboat Museum, carefully laid out the pieces of a frock coat, an 1850’s relic recovered from the bottom of the Missouri River. “I am working ...

Happy anniversary.' April has forged a career for herself as an actress and television star with her father previously saying she didn't 'want to live off my coat- tails'. The star joined the ...

For men, there is far more detail required of their look. For a white-tie affair, they’re required to wear a black tail coat (it must be waist length at the front and knee-length at the back ...

Smoky eye makeup and deep crimson lips complete the look. Dress in an ivory waistcoat, lace jabot, and tail‑coat for an elevated late‑19th‑century twist. Antique pocket watch on a ribbon chain ...

Even well before his death, Clyde R. Hoey was something of a caricature. Always immaculately dressed, Hoey favored a frock coat and bat-wing collar long after the style had fallen out of fashion. Hoey ...