La Couturière Parisienne

Whether it is just off the runway or centuries old, fashion fascinates. Clothing covers and adorns and also nonverbally signals occupation, gender, social or economic status, geography, group affiliation, and more. Acknowledging that interest and taking inspiration from a nineteenth century dual‐language fashion publication by the same name, La Couturière Parisienne delivers a wealth of information on period costumes that will appeal to anyone with an interest in historical clothing design and construction.

The site is the long‐running individual work of Alexa Bender, who maintains and delivers the numerous pages in both English and German. Visitors enter the site based...