How a tradition that started off as a way to find a partner became a day for the industry to celebrate itself.

Last year, I was talking to a dear friend, a fashion designer in Paris. “What are you doing?” I asked. “I have to finish the hats for the Catherinettes,” he said, so matter-of-factly that, for a ...

“A Dressmakers Work: Fashioning the 19th Century” opened Tuesday at the Holland Land Office Museum. The public can view the ...