September 21, 2022
"Princess Radium", Kickaway, and the Rise (and Fall) of Radium Silk
Princess Radium, which became well-known women’s lingerie manufacturer Kickaway, had its beginnings rooted in a deadly craze.
August 31, 2022
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Part II
1856 was a bang-up year for the Countess of Castiglione. She had youth, beauty, access to staggering sums of money, and was wielding influence on a massive scale.
August 24, 2022
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Part I
The Countess of Castiglione was something between a spy and an emissary, and her careful machinations changed the very geography of her native Italy.
April 25, 2022
