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A fashion historian needs to be an expert on her own wardrobe.

A conversation with the fashion historian and professor of French Literature at Barnard.

Fashion historian Caroline Weber wants to know to what extent those miracles really happened.

Alexander McQueen has an idea that could transform the age-old parades of seasonal style, says Caroline Weber, a French literature professor at Barnard.

The fashion author and historian worries about the quantity and quality of her output.

Fashion historian Caroline Weber is hoping we’ll pass out of the phase in which celebrities are the ultimate trendsetters. Only then will style become original again.

Barnard professor Caroline Weber recalls an embarrassing moment on the French Metro that speaks volumes about the disparate relationship that American and French women have with fashion.

When fashion expert Caroline Weber studies the significance of today’s style, she is struck by the rapid pace of changing trends, all working to feed the $300 billion industry.

Historian Caroline Weber takes us through the origination of fashion, which started as early as the 12th century.

From Marie Antoinette to Michelle Obama, one’s clothing often has the power to dictate their fate, says fashion historian and Barnard professor Caroline Weber.

The esteemed writer only loses sleep when the Yankees play on the west coast.

It’s an absolute fixture in children’s libraries worldwide and upon its publication in 1963 was awarded the Caldecott Medal, a distinguished award given to the year’s best picture book for […]

Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has been in a very small minority among her fellow philosophy scholars; for one, she’s woman, but more importantly, she is convinced that philosophers were doing […]

During the presidential campaign last year, a woman told Sen. John McCain at a town hall meeting that she couldn’t trust then Sen. Barack Obama because she had read that […]

Alison Gopnik faced a unique challenge trying to make a name for herself in the hard-nosed male-dominated realm of philosophy while simultaneously following her heart’s desire to work with children.

Alison Gopnik worries about children growing up poor.