Love it or hate it? I am definitely a fan of the #1830s. I am drawn to its exaggerations and dramatic proportions which appear almost caricature like in drawings until you compare them to the real thing @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Oh yes, they did that!!!!! Me eyeing the crushed gold velvet note in the Long Face perfume 👀👀👀👀 Treat yourself immediately!! This is such a big thing for the Lab, I have been screaming since 7 PM 🖤🦇🩸🎻🎤

Chapter 3 of High Ticket Attractions! Courtship Behaviours Aka, now you can play "is it a dinosaur behavior or is it just dumb boys" 😂 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/86551416/chapters/231420706

oh my god, guys… I’ve had a ripple of wanting to work on one of my #rwrbfic… it’s been 84 years ☺️

On September 16, 1890, Louis Le Prince vanished. He was never seen or heard from again. While that is the most well-known thing about him, he had a whole life before that which involved some very intriguing things. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

Archaeologists have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society. n.pr/4vZ3JjQ

I tend to observe summer from afar in as much shade as possible. Therefore I can admire this #1950s Schiaparelli swimsuit without having the smallest desire to actually be anywhere hot. Except it is hot & I am hiding from the sun like the wintry creature that I am @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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This 2021 episode covers Operation Paperclip, which was the U.S. effort to bring German scientists to work in the U.S. after World War II. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

Catching up on some youtube yesterday when I ran across this excellent piece by @fourredshoes.bsky.social! 🗃️🪡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiXr...

best thing to wake up to 💜

finally sharing my full illustration for the cottage scene by our favorite scene zine over on ig! 🩷🩷 #heatedrivalry #hollanov

Solstice mood courtesy of Don Blanding, 1948

Judy Blume wrote her last book more than a decade ago. At the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, NPR's Scott Simon talked to Blume about her long career and why she doesn't miss writing. n.pr/4eTUyLJ

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

Drain the swamp?

Rebecca Smith Pollard published a book of poems to mark the U.S. centennial in 1876, and also a novel with some questionable messages. She also developed a method to teach children to read that was ahead of its time. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

I hear *someone* is having a sale next week. I guess they have to try to recoup the check they wrote for 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 ballroom. 🤮

Pulaski is often built up into an almost mythic figure who represents patriotism, bravery, freedom, independence, and the U.S. as a melting pot. a nation of immigrants. But there’s also a very different version of his story. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

I have only a handful of horse riding experiences, none of them good, so it is not for me except for most excellent and stylish ensembles. Who needs a horse? This 1912 riding set is enough by itself #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This has just a hint of the green dress from Atonement, a garment that seemed to capture the imagination of movie audiences so that it has lived long in the memory. This #1930s ensemble with matching jacket was designed by Alfred Lenief #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This 2022 episode covers the 1901 discovery of Ada Maria Redpath and her son Jocelyn Clifford dead in their home. What exactly happened between the two of them is something we will likely never understand. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

I Am Frankelda is a boldly handmade film. It's all texture and jitter -- even the camera gets jostled. The film celebrates the natural flaws of stop motion. They aren't simply problems that need to be fixed, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-perfec...

I have a lot of things I need to work on and finish, but today my brain is circling the Hollanov horror AU I started at the start of May… So, the opening scene, for your consideration? On this #SnippetSunday ?

See, my problem is I am a Bob’s Burgers fan. So I read “Lance” and outloud went “Lance is a turkey” and haven’t looks back. Sorry Connor. It is what it is.

This 2022 episode covers Hortense and Marie Mancini, who tried to make a place for themselves in 17th-century Europe, defying all kinds of conventions along the way. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

Anyone else feeling wildly unmotivated right now? Or is it just me because work sucks?

Man really out here stealing all my hot weather outfits ;) (Jk, but I did wear something super similar to work on Friday)

I have just DNFd yet another debut novel that read like a first draft--often incoherently overwritten, inconsistent characters, agonising pacing. Great idea and obvious talent but in need of a brutal three-page dev letter they didn't get, so now the book will tank & the author will probably give up.

Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape).

This shouldn’t have taken me 22 days, but I present: chapter 5 archiveofourown.org/works/817359...

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

🎊Happy Pride with #Hollanov hehe🎊

New book! New book! New book! I’m sure the fact that I have this, of all books, is not surprising to any of you ;)

The scent combinations we've unleashed in this year's Pride series have truly got to be smelled to be believed! Proceeds from year's Pride fragrances will be split between SAGE, Athlete Ally, and the Trans Youth Equality Foundation. blackphoenixalchemylab.com/collections/...

Thanks for following! ‘Flaming June’ by Frederic Leighton, oil on canvas, 1895. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Happy #Fanfic Friday #AO3 users! 📢 It's time to do what we do best: share our favorite fics! Drop a link to your comfort read. Or that one-shot you find yourself rereading again and again. Or, maybe, the fic that destroyed you so emotionally you may never recover. Let's go! 👏

Fic is still complete BUT is now updated with beautiful art in chapter 6. So, take a dive if you haven’t already 💜 #heatedrivalryfic

Sandals made of straw, wool & synthetic material, American, 1940-45, via The Met.

What journeys in a single gown. The path to its creation is one of thousands of miles. The silk was imported from China in the 1770s & in France was made into this striking robe à la française before somehow making its way to Philadelphia. Stories, stories @philamuseum.bsky.social #FashipnHistory 🗃️🪡

thinking about doing a ficbind giveaway again… but I want to make the entry a donation to, like, world central kitchen and I’m pretty sure that would be a nonstarter for folks. also: what fic would I even do?

New books! New books! New books! New books!

There are SO MANY human writers who dream of seeing their books in stores. Instead we get computer generated slop filling shelf space. It's an insult to writing.

genuinely, a phenomenal book. kid has taste

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