I wrote about books as luxury items, specifically that books are being adopted by luxury brands at an increasing rate - Dior, especially, also Prada, MiuMiu, and now Coach book charms, in partnership with PRH. IMO, books as a luxury aesthetic reveal cultural anxieties about reading and access.

Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, and Renié won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Colour) for Cleopatra #OnThisDay in 1964. Elizabeth Taylor wore this teal silk jersey dress with a deep V-neckline and pale blue embroidered silk cape in the film. Sold by Goldin. #film #costume

I love how happy this made Martha🥹 #LadiesOfLondon

Both structured and soft, Pierre Balmain took a defined firmly silhouette and then blurred the edges with his pleated aqua chiffon. The fuller shape of the early #1950s has reduced to this sleeker line later in the decade @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Fashion and costume designer Oleg Cassini was born in Paris #OnThisDay in 1913. He designed this evening skirt and top of chartreuse silk faille embroidered with crystal beads and sequins for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. JFK Library collection. #fashionhistory

Never gonna shut up about how TEXTILES are what bring astronauts home safely from the moon.

🎶 Omigod, omigod you guys! 🎶

This is such a gorgeous dress! 👗😍

I’m coveting Wallace & Gromit’s entire cheese-centric library 📚

“I said what are you going to wear tonight? So, she sent me pictures. I said I like the black & white one; she said ‘I’m gonna wear the blue one,’ which is kind of very revealing. I said, ‘Well, you’re a tramp.’” Sounds like T & L agree with Jean here. 😬 (In Hannah’s defense, I like the colour!)

“This season does feel delicious – sunnier, more playful, but with just enough heart and pathos to steer us towards a satisfying end.”

Award-winning American costume designer Ruth E. Carter was born #OnThisDay in 1960. She designed this cream silk 1960s evening dress with beaded bodice that was worn by Carmen Ejogo as Corretta Scott King in Selma (2014). Shown on display at FIDM Museum. #film #costume

The premiere was FANTASTIC!!! Definitely going to take @litsadremousis.bsky.social’s lead and watch it again.

So excited to be a part of TWELVE LOVES OF CHRISTMAS, dropping Sept 29, from Atria Books ! I can't wait for you guys to read my Christmas short, SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. It's neighbors to lovers in the cutest way ever. 💅🏾🎄💗 www.simonandschuster...

Happy Hacks S5 Premiere Day to all who celebrate! 🥳

Houndstooth suit worn #onthisday in 1959 by Jacqueline Kennedy to attend Mass on the campaign trail with her husband in Middleburg, VA. Designer Bob Bugnand had salons in Paris and New York; though his US clients were fitted in New York, their clothes were Paris-made. #OTD @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social

HACKS TOMORROW 🗣🗣🗣

Worn #onthisday in 1962 by Joan Crawford to the rehearsal for the next day's Academy Awards ceremony at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, CA. She presented the Best Actor award, serving champagne to the backstage crew in her dressing room while awaiting her cue. #OTD @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social

Dame Vivienne Westwood was born #OnThisDay in 1941. She wore this dress and cape of her own design, made from black cotton polka dot woven fabric with a pink striped taffeta underdress, to receive her damehood at the 2006 New Year Honours Investiture Ceremony. Historic Royal Palaces. #fashionhistory

OH MY GOD

If you yearn for something positive to do, today is also National Black Bookstore Day! The National Association of Black Bookstores has a directory so you can find a Black-owned bookstore near you! Buy a book, help a community, do something good for the world. #booksky #romancelandia

In the mid #1930s Mme Grès used a figured satin to create this evening jacket, all the while reminding me of the proportions of the c18th riding jackets. It has the same turned back cuffs & distinctive shape but was apparently inspired by jackets of Balinese dancers @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

y'all know the rules!

Academy Award winning British costume designer Sandy Powell was born #OnThisDay in 1960. She designed this mustard yellow crepe evening dress with waist embellishment that was worn by Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004). Exhibited at SCAD FASH. #film #costume

I remember seeing this dress at close quarters during a research fellowship at the Fashion Museum in Bath many years ago. The oak leaves and acorns are subtly outlined in silk cord and chenille, the whole a vision in pale buttery yellow. House of Worth c1903 #FashionMuseumBath #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Hello Tuesday. 🖼️ Edward Gorey

#IndependentBookstoreDay is Saturday, April 25. If you're planning which bookstores to visit, consider one of the 587 Romance-friendly stores signed up to participate in this year's #BookstoreRomanceDay. bookstoreromanceday.org/participatin...

I HAVE A HUMAN HEART, DON’T I??

Getting similar vibes to the Rabbit Fur Coat album from Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins here, so I’m going to end with “You Are What You Love.” #AuralVisualConnection (A huge thank you as always to @fervorcoulee.bsky.social for such a fun and engaging challenge & see you all again in May! 😊🎶)

A Jane Hirshfield to summon this rainy cold April into a Spring with meaning Wet Spring The rain is a string for wrapping a package no one knows the inside of, they just keep trying to mail it.

The construction of this sleeveless 1967 day dressby Balenciaga is fascinating. It is like an optical illusion, with different layers and levels that emerge from different seams and shadows. I’d like one in every shade please #museobalenciaga #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I maintain that Josie and the Pussycats and Drop Dead Gorgeous are two of the cleverest, socially on-point, and most overlooked movies of the late 90s/early 00s, and it's all because people look down on anything targeted at teenage girls

Ooh look at this new exhibition @rijksmuseum.bsky.social called Worn showcasing garments from the collection along with a more forensic way of looking at them, understanding some of the clues as to their past lives. Here an #1840s ensemble under the magnifier #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The butterfly made me think of metamorphosis which in turn reminded me of the Hilary Duff album of the same name, so here’s “Come Clean.” 😊🎶 #AuralVisualConnection

This is an especially lovely Vionnet gown, ethereally floaty, of pale pink asymmetry. It dates to the late #1920s, on the cusp of change but still recognisably of its era @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This is incredible.

"celestial" bag from chanel ss26 by matthieu blazy

Beautiful bouquets of red, purple, green, orange, blue, white, and yellow flowers for the timeline. 💐💐💐 #FlowersSky #GardenSky #SundaySky

Chic mid #1950s cocktail dress in black organza for Easter Sunday, embroidered all over with sprays of lily of the valley. A promise that dark skies might still be punctuated with beauteous moments. Designed by Pat Rodgers @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This is going to be a wonderful show later this year, celebrating the mid century Horrockses creations and the myriad prints that defined the brand. I very much hope I can make it to The Harris #harrismuseum this autumn. #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Even though we can’t really see the expression of the gentleman who was pied in the face, the one who wasn’t doesn’t look too pleased either, so “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” by Travis felt appropriate here. 😊🎶 #AuralVisualConnection

Stephen Sondheim's Follies opened at the Winter Garden Theater, New York, #OnThisDay in 1971. Vicki Mortimer designed this pink and white showgirl headdress with beaded cap and floral decorations for the 2017 National Theatre revival of the musical. V&A collection. #theatre #costume

All your Easter baskets have a book in them right? Well...why the fuck not?

Worn #onthisday in 1960 by Janet Leigh at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA. Edith Head designed the 20-lb. gown of 186,000 silver-lined Czechoslovakian bugle beads hand-crocheted to chiffon dyed to match Leigh's skin. #OTD @gettyimages.com @theacademyusa.bsky.social 📷 Wisconsin Historical Society

It is a silky tricolour, a trio of red and white and purply blue layered by Mme Grès into a glamorous sandwich of satin. The dress was photographed in French magazine L’Officiel in 1951, the model gazing pensively out of an open window @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I decided to go with the album (which is fantastic, by the way!) cover’s floral motif for this evening’s tune. 😊🎶 #AuralVisualConnection

For our first Bitter Kitten Movie Club entry, we're looking at 2006's MARIE ANTOINETTE, unpacking the themes, the aesthetic, the backlash and the influence of this fabulously gorgeous film: tomandlorenzo.com/2026/04/the-...

Olivia Rodrigo announces new album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.’ Out June 12.

Zendaya's red carpet looks for The Drama Something Old Something New Something Borrowed Something Blue #fashionsky

Someone at Nook Shop in Stoke Newington, North East London sent me this photo of a recently published interview with Monty Don, whose style I admire. I found the interview charming, so I thought I'd share it here. To me, Monty Don is a great example of developing personal style.