Read my latest article on Substack all about the first glimpses of costumes we get in the new Practical Magic 2 trailer! #costume #costumedesign #practicalmagic2 #substack #practicalmagic

I’m beyond pleased to finally say that my PhD thesis on Merlin’s costume in modern cinema has been submitted! Next stop - viva!

If you’re into the #occult or all things #witchcraft - please check out @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social first exhibition in his digital Museum of Contemporary Ritual and Witchcraft called The Art Magical. mcrwmuseum.com/current-exhi...

I’m really excited to announce that my new book, The Handbook for Historical Pattern Cutting: Women’s Dress from 1550 to 1950, is being published by @routledgebooks in July! It has been a labour of love and I cannot wait for it to finally be available in bookshops soon! #patterncutting #costume

Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it www.theguardian.com/science/2026... PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk Wow 😲 We need a lie down @theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social

Mantle is the new monthly magazine exclusively available through my Patreon. It is full of exciting costume news, film reviews, and is my opportunity to celebrate other makers, academics, and costume enthusiasts. Sign up in the link in my bio #costume #costumemagazine #patreon #costumehistory

New YouTube up on my channel! Patreons will be receiving a digital copy of the pattern for the jacket made in this video (pattern coming to Patreon soon)!

So proud and excited for @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com

I have reimagined a few popular ‘historical’ Halloween costumes over on Patreon! The video will be released generally on YouTube tomorrow. Go to Patreon now and get early access as well as exclusive Patreon renderings of the final illustrations! www.patreon.com/posts/142353... #halloweencostumes

The perfect Halloween wreath made by @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social 🍁🐽🎃

A biopic centered on Bela Lugosi is in the works at Universal Pictures. The star who originated the iconic role of Dracula both on Broadway and in the classic 1931 horror film. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to produce.

The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too theconversation.com/harnessing-t... #Peatlands #PeatColour

🚨New Paper 🚨 The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects! We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

The Museum of Fine Arts Arts in Montréal (Musée des Beaux Arts) has an exciting collection of art! These ones show costume beautifully and I really enjoy the way the paintings simulates different textures in the textiles @mbamtl.bsky.social #montreal #museum #costume #painting #fineart

Evening vest https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100666

Autumn in Montréal - Très beau! #montreal #autumn #fall #canada

Taken my venture into YouTube videos. Take a look at the costume books I would recommend at this link! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cy...

Happy #WorldBogDay! Celebrating the wonders of peatlands with the changing colours from 2 of the #PeatColour sites #BogDay #Peatlands

I gave my research group website an update (well @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social did - huge thanks!) wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com Also managed to link my BlueSky handle to my domain 👍🏼

Had a go at Substack with my take on the costumes in The Gilded Age! If you fancy a read you can find it here substack.com/@jerrymoorec...

Welcome to The Occult and Religious Research Network! The network allows the connection between academics and research enthusiasts in the fields of iconography and semiotics focusing on occult and religious symbolism. Please follow the link to our website (in our bio) to find the joining form!

Another excellent #peatland -themed creation from @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social - laptop case. We should start an Etsy at this rate

Something a bit different for #WorldWetlandsDay this year. Thought we’d combine my love of wetlands with @jerrymoorecostume.bsky.social amazing puppet making skills and make: “The Old Man of the Wetland” complete with his sphagnum-inspired staff! Might need to write him a back story now…

Did you know… In the seventeenth century, it was quite proper to leave your Christmas decorations up until Candlemas Eve - February 1st - according to the poet Robert Herrick, at least. So I hope you haven’t all been too hasty in taking them down.

French historical theme park seeks to create success in Britain www.thetimes.com/article/f4e4...

Can’t be repeated often enough ‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’ on.ft.com/42hzVmL

I thought I was going mad, but then realised a book I have, that was published in 2020, is exactly the same as a book by the same author, but with different titles and publishers, published in 2004. I can’t quite work out how they got away with that! #research #phdresearch

10 Questions About Theater in 2025 The year 2025 begins with some short-term questions about theater – the fate of “Warriors,” the effect of “Wicked”?– and more long-term ones – what new leadership will mean to Off-Broadway? how celebrity-packing will affect Broadway? -- provoked by issues, trends…

Historic dress can be an unreliable narrator of its own story & it takes the quest of looking to follow traces of its past. This dress was originally made in the 1830s, its silhouette testament to origins but stitch lines & shapes offer the mark of later, 1850s, alterations #augustaauctions 🗃️🪡

lily-rose depp in nosferatu costume design by linda muir #fashionsky #inspo #darkart #gothfashion #moodboardsky

New research has shed light on how Stonehenge may have served to unify Britain’s early farmers as newcomers from Europe began to arrive thousands of years ago.

Clocking off writing about Merlin for the Christmas now, but he is still going to consume my daily thoughts!

I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer. 1/

In my element exploring historical religious garments! I was in love with this cope the second I saw it!!!!!

To create the costumes for the new “Wicked” movie, the filmmakers turned to Paul Tazewell, a Tony Award winner who knows his way around the Emerald City. nyti.ms/4fzqp29

I’ve nailed my #Christmas jumper this year - Merry ChristMOSS BIG thank you to Jerry for making it! #PeatSky

My evening reading always comes in the form of Merlin, magic, and witches! #research #merlin #magic

Thought my first post on here should be about an exciting project I worked on back in the summer. Myself, my colleagues and students worked on a coccolithophore dress for Plymouth Marine Laboratory that was displayed at @royalsociety.org. Bringing science and costume together!!