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Mouches: The 18th-Century Beauty Patch as Social Code

The black silk dots Versailles women wore weren't decoration. They were a coded vocabulary about politics, marriage, and what kind of woman wore them.

May 26, 2026 · Maya Chen
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False Eyelashes: From a 1911 Patent to Hollywood

Before the strip lash there was a fabric crescent, a New York salon, and a film director who thought an actress's eyes weren't big enough. A short history.

May 22, 2026 · Sienna Park