Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global luxury fashion, beauty and style. The newly erected Silk and Steel: French Fashion, Women and WWI exhibit in ...

At the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas ... bought himself this belt when he joined the French army. And wore a smart uniform with a colorful collar. The red on that collar is strategic ...

He had grown a beard, he wrote, and donned the early-war French uniform of red trousers, blue coat and a red cap. He hoped to soon win his “galons” — stripes. His mother, Alice Standish ...