Ok I missed the first episode of Ken Burns American Revolution last night because, you know, life, but I’m going to live post streaming it now. Apologies in advance. #KatywatchesAmRev

Ready for the first Monday in May! Met Gala 2026 theme just announced

Let’s do next week like this.

Since Black Friday seems to have come early this year, if you're shopping for the new paperback edition of Fashion Victims and want a signed, personalized copy, The Huntington's shop can help you out! Just say in the order notes that you want it signed and how. thehuntingtonstore.org/products/fas...

Just to clarify--I am using the most common 19th-century spelling--"crape"--for the mourning fabric. I should probably put that disclaimer in any time I use the word because many readers think that it is a misspelling. I'm all about the primary sources and try to use the terminology of the time.

I'm going to have a nice peaceful day with no bad news if it kills us all.

They may not stand up to moorland treks or autumnal downpours but I hope the former owner of these boots by Pinet was able to flash her ankles and show off the embroidered panels whilst she walked. Late 1870s @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Oh just some old frock I flung on, understated and demure. The house of Worth believed in a statement, both in fabric and construction and this mid #1890s gown is no exception, rich purple with a smattering of gold #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Hi everyone. I am pleased to announce my new book GILDED AGE FASHION! ➡️ Reserve your first edition copy now from your favorite bookseller.

Hi everyone. Two new issues of my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter are waiting for you. Read for free and please share! open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

New summer dates for my Joy Goddess book tour! Headed to EssenceFest for a book talk & signing in the Morial Convention Center at 1 pm on 7/5. Hope to see you in DC, Martha's Vineyard, Atlanta, Miami, Indy and Baltimore. More stops to come with details here and on my website www.aleliabundles.com

"A triumph." Panorama, a journal of @ahaaamericanart.bsky.social‬, reviews "Beyond Vanity," a valuable contribution to the emergent field of hair studies, by art historian @elizabethlblock.bsky.social‬: journalpanorama.org/article/beyo...

It is easy to decry garments worn by generations past as we occupy spaces of stretch fabrics but women could move more than we imagine. Here an 1873 tennis dress & an active participant in John Lavery’s 1885 painting ‘Played’ offering a different view @chertseymuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

[Slips this into your protest knapsack]

This morning I heard a guy, standing in front of a salon, say into his phone, “I’d go low femme on brows & high femme on the mouth” & I have no idea what that means or the context but also this is indisputable/correct/wise.

"Tariffs and Trade: A Historical Perspective" is a reading list of books and journal articles that address global and historical trends in tariffs and trade over the past 100 years. Articles are freely available through 10/1/25. View the full list: buff.ly/XOtGCBS

I notice that this early #1870s Worth gown features in the Paris retrospective of the fashion house’s designs. I have long used this gown as an example of the bringing together of makers - of passementerie, of weavers, of seamstresses in a dizzying assortment @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I don’t think I am destined ever to own a garment that requires a matching coat but if by some miracle I were, I hope it might look something like this. Some #1960s Mme Grès marries darkest navy with brilliant yellow in seemingly simple lines @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Tonight! Thursday, May 15, 7pm at the Montauk Club, Brooklyn. Stop by if you can. I will add you to the list #fashionsky

Somehow this is real and I had the chance to talk with the hair icon herself, Julie Klausner, on the must-listen podcast How Was Your Week?! Listen in wherever you get your pods podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Attention beauty and #fashionsky editors: My book BEYOND VANITY: THE HISTORY AND POWER OF HAIRDRESSING is the first book on hair to win a fashion history book award. Let's chat! [email protected]

McNally Jackson is starting a twice-yearly festival including talks, a print zine, and a phone-free closing party (with ‘a secret lineup’). ‘There will be events related to the festival at least two or three nights a week,’ Sarah McNally says.

The McNally Jackson Festival is coming in May -- with talks held over the course of several weeks, plus a phone-free closing party at TJ Byrnes and a print zine www.vulture.com/article/mcna...

A new image of feminine beauty that was young, modern, and mobile was appearing in late 19th century magazines.

Winner! Thank you to the Costume Society of America for choosing my book BEYOND VANITY: THE HISTORY AND POWER OF HAIRDRESSING as the 2025 winner of the Milla Davenport Publication Award! #academicsky

Before Sunday ends, one more request to share my 220th #ScholarSunday thread widely. Thanks & enjoy! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

You are invited! April 25: Join us for the Material Intelligence virtual symposium on hair! We have an incredible panel of artists and scholars. Share with hairstylist friends! Free to all. Register at link below #academicsky #fashionsky

Café. I feel like the adorable barista with the fashion mullet should have to wear a discreet lanyard that says, “This hair will not work on you.”

Thank you to Artnet News for profiling my work on hairstyles in art history. My book BEYOND VANITY: THE HISTORY AND POWER OF HAIRDRESSING is available worldwide. #fashionsky #booksky #academicsky news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...

Duke Press is having a flash sale! For 2 days you can get 50% off using FLASH50 at @dukepress.bsky.social. Now's your chance to get Ugly Freedoms and Orgies of Feeling (before they get burned in the fascist bonfires...)

Tomorrow! Tuesday, March 18, 5:30pm. See you at the Museum at FIT. Free to all. Share with hairdresser friends. I would love to meet them. #NYCsky #fashionsky #booksky

Tuesday! You are invited! March 18, 5:30pm: Join me at The Museum at FIT, NYC, for a conversation about the history and power of hairdressing. Free to all. RSVP or just pop in! 227 W. 27th St. #fashionsky #booksky

An upcoming exhibition at The Met identifies how Chinoiserie grew in parallel with European women’s buying power and contributed to the exoticizing objectification of Asian women and cultures.

I’m sure there will be some latecomers, but this is basically the end of the #MJMfashionGuide for the Fall 2025 collections. Approx 50 of these completely objective little reviews of shows I liked and/or admired. Thanks for reading. 🩶

Tomorrow: Join the MIT Press 24-Hour Challenge in honor of the late Muriel Cooper! For our microchallenge, we're raising funds to support the Muriel Cooper Memorial Design Fund and sustain the Press’s storied #design legacy: mit24hourchallenge.mightycause.com/story/Mit-Pr...

Alexander McQueen, fall 2025 // ermine accessory set, 1890-99 in the Met. Does anyone know if the McQueen is real or fake fur? #fashionsky #booksky

It's all about the accessories. Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, fall 2025 rtw // fashion plate, 1813. What do you think of the bird cage? #booksky

Paperback on the runway. I like it, Paloma Wool! #fashionsky

Happy International Women's Day! Here is the butterfly ball gown by the House of Worth, 1898, in the Met #fashionsky

Delaware! See you on Tuesday, March 4 at Winterthur Museum. I am honored to be the first speaker in the Research at Winterthur series. Join us to talk hair history! #academicsky RSVP: www.winterthur.org/calendar/res...

You are invited! March 18, 5:30pm: Join me at The Museum at FIT, NYC, for a conversation about the history and power of hairdressing. Please share with the hairstylists, colorists, salon owners in your world. Free to all. RSVP at link in comments

You are invited! March 18: Join me at the Museum at FIT, NYC, for a conversation about the history and power of hairdressing. We might just chat a bit about our favorite hairstyles on The Gilded Age show on Max. Free to all. Rsvp at link in comments. See you there! #fashionsky

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

If you are going to launch a book on modernist architects, the only suitable venue really is the Lever House, NYC. Congratulations to Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy on "Women Architects at Work: Making American Modernism." #academicsky

Timely article on the essential work of university presses by @derekkrissoff in @chronicle.com #academicsky

Hi folks. Since I have been posting more often, I wanted to reintroduce myself. I am the author of two books on women's fashion and hair history. Available everywhere! Cheers #fashionsky

Left: Pingat jacket, 1885 in the V&A// top: Altuzarra fall 2025 // bottom: Pabal Gurang fall 2025. The fur dolman jacket by Emile Pingat (Paris) is lined with quilted satin. What do you think? #fashionsky

News headlines about publishing usually focus on problems! Not the everyday successes that happen outside the spotlight. So I appreciate @derekkrissoff.bsky.social reminding folks in the @chronicle.com: university presses are thriving & making extraordinary books. www.chronicle.com/article/this...

Excited to have a new piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed (@chronicle.com). I’ve been in so many exchanges with people who’ve never heard anything happy about university presses. So I wrote an essay to share with them.

Margaret Qualley in Chanel at Critics Choice Awards // Greek marble statue, late 4th century BCE in The Met. Going for the ancient draping vibes. What do you think? #fashionsky