Diverse, imaginative, and deeply democratic, the United States has been an incubator for fashion since its birth 250 years ...

I turn every museum visit into a game: based on the hair and clothing within the artwork, I can guess its date down to the ...

As American Girl turns 40, we look back on the impact their historical characters left on young people.

When traveling abroad, your status as an American may be obvious before you have the chance to say “howdy.” Sometimes your ...

A fashion historian walks us through the major moments in the timeline ...

Set on a name that starts with "C" for your daughter? From Charlize to Caroline, and Claire to Chanel — there are a wide range of girl names that start with “C” for parents-to-be. The top 1,000 baby ...

Julia Alvarez and her sisters recount the day they had to escape from the Dominican Republic with their parents, because of her father’s involvement in a plot to overthrew the dictator, Rafael ...

Some of America’s greatest products have solved problems — and others have changed culture. As Joel Stein, author of “America: The Imagination of a Nation,” tells it, these are their stories. Michael ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. 188 pieces of original advertising art (mostly pastel drawings), and photographs, correspondence, and business records, documenting the ...

As America celebrates its semiquincentennial, the fashion favorite opens up about her American and African background and her ...