Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. Red velvet ...

So she and John put on their best Santa and Mrs. Claus attire and went to a holiday party for the Friends of the Children’s Justice Center. The Hugheses loved it, the families loved it ...

He immediately inspires sympathy. Imagine for a moment Santa Claus in the body of a woman. Would this Mrs. Claus have a similar costume, which covers her head and legs? Would she also be marked by ...