What do pencils and poodles have in common? Or hoops and hobbles? They're skirts, of course. For designer Christian Siriano, the skirt is a transformative piece of clothing. The options are endless: ...

Hedy Phillips is the Senior Style News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in POPSUGAR, HelloGiggles, Reader's Digest and more. Getty Juli ...

Charlot died on Sunday, according to The New York Times at her home in Tepoztlán, Mexico. She was born in New York on Oct. 26, 1922, named Shirley Agin, according to People Magazine and the Times. She ...

Juli Lynne Charlot was married to a viscount when she developed designs worn by the future Queen Elizabeth and a bevy of teenagers. This article is also available as a weekly newsletter, “Life Stories ...

Explore the poodle skirt's surprising origin! Learn about the creator Juli Lynne Charlot and her festive Christmas skirt that started a fashion craze. Medicare update: Major change sparks alarm from ...

It's 9 on a Friday night, the second day Jackie's Restaurant and Lounge in Silver Spring has been open: Co-owner Patrick Higgins is just back from an emergency room visit because of an irregular ...

What’s a nice Jewish viscountess to do when she has a title but no money, a party invitation but no clothes and a pair of scissors but no sewing skills? Invent the poodle skirt, of course. That, quite ...

Juli Lynne Charlot, the inventor of the classic circle skirt, died on March 3, The New York Times confirmed. She was 101 years old. Charlot, who was born in New York on Oct. 26, 1922, found her fame ...

The fashion world brims with origin stories. There’s Coco Chanel popularizing the little black dress in the cocktail culture of the 1920s. There’s Mary Quant staking claim to the miniskirt in London’s ...