Always an honor to be included in @americanstudier.bsky.social threads. And great scholarship all around. Check it out

If you need another reminder of why fashion is a serious business....

Was your garment made in a union shop? At one time, the label in your clothing told you much more about what you were wearing than just the name of the designer.

Union labels have played an important role in the fight for workers' rights. Read more about it in my latest #CommonTreads column for @satevepost.bsky.social: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/09/comm... 🗃️

Farewell Robert Redford, you did good.

With The Pitt's win and with Noah Wyle's belated Emmy, I now hope that finally, people will know how to pronounce my last name correctly. Go Dr. Robby!

As always, great stuff on #ScholarSunday thread to end the weekend with

I'm sure @sethcotlar.bsky.social will have more insight on that, but Patel's reference to Valhalla is an interesting not-so-much dog whistle use of far-right white-supremest imagery and coding for a race war. gnet-research.org/2023/02/06/g...

A good thread on how Trump uses visual images as propaganda tools, and why it's important to learn to decipher them, but worth noting is also the mainstreaming process this use is doing for much more extreme images that circulate in the margins. Not all are aware of the origins of these images.

As I said in this piece, Melania is not the first FLOTUS to focus on gendered issues like children and education, but her approach is completely different, not seeing the public good, but appealing to business. Which makes it even more cringy, if you ask me. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The world is on fire but I managed to get my Covid and flu shots today (no hassle and they were very nice) and just ordered tickets for a production of Sunday in the Park with George, so I‘ll take it as a win

Pins and Needles, the ILGWU musical I'm writing about, had an adequate reply, already in the 1930s, with the song "room for one" that ridiculed Mussolini's pronatal efforts: politicalfolkmusic.org/blog/harold-...

Happy Labor Day! Remember that the labor movement didn't just bring us rights and protections, it also brought us the best culture, music, and art we have. And for it to be successful we need to keep fighting for both. Bread and Roses! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Wp...

Can’t participate today, but I’ll just chime in that the zoot suit played an important role in swing culture, and while in the US it was part of a protest by Black and Mexican youth against white racism, in Europe the zoot was a statement against fascism, mainly worn by whites. #HATM

Great thread from @americanstudier.bsky.social for the long weekend and always an honor to be included

Wearing white has long been a staple summer tradition, but after Labor Day, white clothing was frowned upon.

It's almost Labor Day and a good time to revisit the etiquette surrounding white clothing. Check out my latest #CommonThreads column for @satevepost.bsky.social on the origins of the dictum to not wear white after Labor Day. 🗃️ www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/08/comm...

I love it when magic happens! That after days that you are trying to figure out how to approach a topic, and write in a way that would make sense, all start falling into place and you know exactly what to say. #amwriting

105 years ago, the 19th Amendment was ratified after a long struggle by women. 50 years ago, women marched in the streets of DC to ratify another amendment - the ERA. Let's hope that next year we wouldn't have to fight again for what we already have. Happy Women's Equity Day!

As always, a great thread and thank you for the mentioning. Definitely worth the wait!

In the gilded age, fashion was a form of capital, especially for women who did not have access to other forms of capital and power. Thank you Julia Tati and WWD for a chance to chat about why all these bows, frills and fabric matter. wwd.com/pop-culture/...

10 years ago Hamilton changed theater forever, but it was not the first Broadway show with a strong political message to appear at the White House. Almost 80 year before it, in 1937, a different musical - Pins and Needles - also made history and changed Broadway. /🧵🗃️

Hay @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social, Look what came in the mail. Can’t wait to dig in

Nothing better than open my Sunday with @americanstudier.bsky.social great thread, full of great scholarship and writing

Doing research for The Gilded Age, I can’t tell you how thankful I was for all those who wrote about obscure topics few people care about. Their articles proved very useful when I went down some weird rabbit holes with questions from the production. You never know when your research can become handy

Cleveland will always be Superman’s town

Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH) 9/30 @einavrfox.bsky.social

George Russell might get his dream after all.

yes, and also how comfortable companies are with scandals like this, which no longer creates backlash, but free publicity. Advertising has long been a way to shape and normalize discourse and the AE ad is only the latest example. Talked about it a bit here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Watching the latest episode of #thegildedage and I see none other than previous guest @einavrfox.bsky.social listed as a historical consultant! 😍 1/2

Visiting the #Worth exhibit is like going through Bertha Russell’s closet. (And there was even a reference to the show!). Wonderful exhibit, see it if you are in Paris

I’ve been teaching a class on sex for the last few years and can attest from conversations with students, that while they are having much less sex than previous generations, conservatism has nothing to do with it. The answer I often get - they are too busy and tired

The fashion historian curse: I know too much about the fast fashion industry to bring myself to buy it, and can’t afford the elite fashion I truly want to own and wear

Even from France, @americanstudier.bsky.social threads are always enlightening, and I especially appreciated reading about Disneyland after a long day visit in its Paris location

Cleveland does what Cleveland knows best. Nothing like the city coming together to celebrate its heroes.

Always fun to talk with @nicolefallert.bsky.social for @usatoday.com on underwear, femininity and everything in between. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

so basically just a bit more than buying a new one (and without a waiting list)

Natalie Zemon Davis

What a great honor to be included not once but twice in @americanstudier.bsky.social #ScholarSunday thread, and even a greater one to read all the other mentions in this thread. A great thread for a holiday weekend

July 5 is National Bikini Day, and with that in mind, we bring you Einav Rabinovitch-Fox’s story on the origins of this once-scandalous garment. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/comm...

It's international bikini day today, so a great opportunity to learn about the explosive history of this little garment which even when approaching 80 is still making waves. Check out my latest #CommonThreads for @satevepost.bsky.social: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/comm... 🗃️

It's summertime and a great opportunity to discuss tanning and tan lines. Thanks for Nana Regueiro and #Vogue for including me in this piece: www.vogue.com/article/a-sh... 🗃️

I was cleaning my office today and found all my book revisions, with color-coded instructions to self, reverse outlines and visual maps for revision-and was really proud at my past self. I completely forgot I did it, which says something, but also reminded that I know how do this and can do it again

Back in the 1890s, brides defied the McKinley tariffs by arguing that their dresses were used, soiled, or ruined. Read more about it in my piece for Time time.com/7202002/fash... Maybe today’s brides can take note from Mrs. Astor. 🗃

The best thing about teaching is when you get an email from a former student who write you they read this cool article that was related to stuff we've discussed in class two years ago, and they wanted to pass this along. There are things I won't miss about teaching, but this is not one of them.

That's how you do it. When a fascist regime gives an order, you just ignore it and say FU in their face. All the power for the Hungarian people.

As a fashion historian I know that corsets were not necessarily uncomfortable or oppressive, but this seems really painful. Like it was taken out of the anti-corset propaganda of the 19th century.

Very proud to get this very small credit line #TheGildedAge

Can't join #HATM tonight because it is the launching of season 3 of #TheGildedAge, but I had a chance to listen to a talk by Ruth Carter a few weeks ago, and her work and research on the costumes was definitely worth that Oscar.

Always an honor and a pleasure to be included in @americanstudier.bsky.social #ScholarSunday threads. Check it out!