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Corrections

What we correct, how to submit a correction, and how corrections are handled.

What we correct

  • Factual errors. Wrong date, wrong attribution, wrong material, wrong label generation, wrong auction record. These are corrected on the page within 14 days of verification.
  • Outdated price ranges. Auction comparables shift. If you have a recent (within 12 months) auction lot that meaningfully changes a range on an era or designer page, send it and we will update.
  • Construction details we got wrong. If your expertise on a specific designer's interior construction contradicts what is written, we want to know. Send a photograph of the actual interior alongside the contradiction.
  • Mis-attributed images. If a public-domain image is mis-credited or mis-dated, send the correct provenance and source.

How to submit a correction

Email hello@antiquecostume.com with:

  1. The specific page URL.
  2. The sentence or fact you are correcting (paste it exactly).
  3. The correction itself, with a source (museum holding, primary document, auction lot reference, your own documented expertise).
  4. Your name and how you would like to be credited if at all. We list contributors annually in the change log unless you decline.

How we handle a correction

We acknowledge every correction email within 7 days. We verify the correction against primary sources before publishing — usually within 14 days, occasionally longer if the source requires archive access. Corrections are made by rewriting the affected sentence on the page rather than annotating it; we treat the live page as the canonical version. The "Last reviewed" timestamp on the page updates when the correction ships.

For corrections that materially change a designer attribution, an authentication standard, or a market range, we add a footnote to the page change-log. Major changes get a one-line note in the site newsletter.

What we will not change

  • Opinions and editorial framings. The pages take positions ("treating the Victorian era as one period is the first mistake", "Halston is overrated in the bag market, undervalued in the day-dress market"). Disagreement is welcome but is not a correction.
  • Voice, tone, or style. We are not a neutral encyclopaedia and do not aim to be.
  • Unsourced claims sent as corrections. We need a source we can verify.