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Favoured by Byronic bluesmen, Eton pops and rotund royalty, the waistcoat and its later iterations are an integral part of the Englishman’s wardrobe, says Simon Mills

Constantinople 6th century

Anne Boleyn dropped suggestive hints and Elizabeth I projected undying monarchy through her portraits: Tudor women knew how to use art to send a message, Philippa Gregory tells Carla Passino

From Bertie Wooster’s dressing gown to Mr Darcy’s shirt, Deborah Nicholls-Lee unpicks the art of period costume at world-famous historical costumier Cosprop

LONDON’S V&A Museum has opened a showstopping new exhibition – “Marie Antoinette Style”. It’s the first UK exhibition dedicated to the woman it calls “the most fashionable, scrutinised, controversial