Books
Dressing à la Turque: Ottoman Influence on French Fashion, 1670-1800. Kent State University Press, 2023.
18th Century Hair & Wig Styling: History & Step-by-Step Techniques. Self-published, 2014.
Scholarly Articles
“Contextualizing Wertmüller’s 1785 Portrait of Marie-Antoinette Through Dress.” Costume 54, no. 1 (2020): 56-80.
“‘The Desire to Banish Any Constraint in Clothing’: Turquerie and Enlightenment Thought in the French Fashion Press, 1768-90.” French Historical Studies, 43, no. 2 (April 2020): 197-221.
The Lévite Dress: Untangling the Cultural Influences of Eighteenth-Century French Fashion, Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings, 2018.
“’Very Much the Taste and Various Are the Makes’: Reconsidering the Late Eighteenth-Century Robe à la Polonaise.” Dress 39, no. 1 (May 2013): 1-24. Co-authored with Brooke Wellborn.
“Fashioning the College Woman: Dress, Gender, and Sexuality at Smith College, 1920-29.” Journal of American Culture 32 (March 2009): 4-15.
“‘A Style All Her Own’: Fashion, Clothing Practices and Student Culture at Smith College, 1920- 29.” Dress 32 (2005): 56-65.
Frock Flicks
Frock Flicks reviews historically-set films and TV series for costume content and more.
Other Writings
- 18th Century Mexican Dress
- 18th Century Printed Cottons
- 18th Century Robe à la Polonaise: Research Summary
- 18th Century Women’s Hairstyles & Cosmetics: France & England, 1750-1790
- Dressing for Dinner on the Titanic: Early 1910s Evening Dress
- Dressing for Dinner on the Titanic: Completing the 1912 Evening Look
- The Effect of World War I on American Fashion
- Late 18th Century Skirt Supports: Bums, Rumps, & Culs
- On the Origins of the Chemise à la Reine
- Rococo Beauty Tips