r/fashionhistory↗
Fashion History
A place for historical garments, past patterns, illustrations, demonstrations, perukes, petticoats, hoops, codpieces, houppelandes, hennins, restorations and recreations from long ago. Fashion historians, costumers and enthusiasts are welcome to celebrate some good-old-fashioned fashion.
176k subscribers273 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)135 authors / mosince 2012
r/fashionhistory has 176k members (+25% over the last 12 months). It gets about 273 posts a month from 135 people. Top topics: Silk Dresses & Evening Wear, Historical Robes and Vintage Fashion.
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Topics and brands on r/fashionhistory
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Silk Dresses & Evening Wear16%
- Historical Robes6.8%
- Vintage Fashion5.6%
- Historical Patterns1.8%
- Vintage Dress Dating1.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Metmuseum
- Wikimedia
- Flickr
- Paris
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