Fashion plate from 1788 showing a man dressed in a green, yellow and crimson striped coat, moiré waistcoat with wide stripes, apple green breeches and striped stockings. Woman dressed in a redingote of white Pékin with green Pékin petticoat, hat 'au bateau renversé' #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory

Have barely read any books back to back these past few months (no mental energy to read for fun) so I guess I’m gonna challenge myself to finish 4 books in 8 days.

People often ask me how I come up with ideas for books and articles. The answer is always the same: "I stumbled across it while I was busy researching something else entirely."

Fashion plate from 1789 showing a man wearing a pink and white striped jacket, embroidered waistcoat and yellow breeches. Woman wearing a pink Pierrot, white skirt and pink hat. From the Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc

Ga ik voor de verandering eens redelijk ontspannen het weekend in, vliegt terwijl ik net onderweg naar huis fiets m’n ketting eraf. Enige pluspunt dat dit tenminste pal naast een metrostation gebeurde, dus voor nu maar even (met pijn in mijn hart) m’n fiets achterlaten en naar huis.

Belated Happy 250th Birthday to a lady who thankfully has created an abundance of jobs and opportunities for costume professionals like us and delights with wit and sharp observations of human folly to this day-Jane Austen! We could easily picture our dress from circa 1800 on one of her heroines!

A fashion plate fitting for Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Woman sitting on a chair reading a book. She wears a white dress trimmed with muslin, a straw hat hangs on her chair. Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 10 septembre 1812. #dresshistory #regencyfashion #janeausten #19thc

kwilnietmeer :(

H.P. Schouten, Bloemstraat gezien naar de Prinsengracht met de Westerkerk, 1778. Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Collectie Atlas Splitgerber.

Oh, to be an 18th century woman painted with my chemise peeking out.

Na maandenlange writers block eindelijk een opdracht ingeleverd dus ik mag even één avondje niet met studie bezig zijn 🍻

Papa's sterfdag komt weer in zicht, wat veel emoties losmaakt, en mijn coping mechanism is o.a. krantenartikelen lezen. Dus ik ben de paywalls aan het omzeilen via internet archive (en sla zo bronnen op! Historicus at heart). Maar echt deze foto en het onderschrift is mijn vader in zijn essentie.

Cabinet des Modes ou les Modes Nouvelles, 1 février 1786, pl. II Fashion plate showing four headdresses for women: 1. Bonnet à la Captif 2. Capot de satin blanc rayé de bleu 3. Grand Bonnet du Matin 4. Bonnet au Bandeau Collection @rijksmuseum.bsky.social #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc

Fashion plate from 1798 showing a woman in a yellow gown with a v-neck and long sleeves. On her head a pink 'capote' of satin, decorated with clubs and two ostrich feathers. Around the neck a white neckerchief with red dots. #FashionPlateFriday #18thc #dresshistory

English novelist, poet and journalist, Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born #OnThisDay in 1819. This black lace shawl or mantilla was owned and worn by George Eliot in the 1850s. It is part of the Exploring Eliot collection. #fashionhistory #readmorewomen

The pelisse, such a stylish approach to outerwear. During the #1810s the puff sleeves and braid decorations were a reminder of prevalent military matters, wrought in swirls of silk @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Jag vet inte vägen tillbaka Jag har glömt vem jag är Jag kanske är fel i tiden Men jag är här Jag hör sirenеr långt borta Försöker dom varna mig? Du ber om för mycket för ofta Ingеn vill dö för dig

We've all been there

Fashion doll in Zaans costume, c. 1775-1800. The costume consists of a jacket, skirt and apron. On the head over the 'oorijzer' and cap a large head covering called a 'kaper' is worn. Collection Openluchtmuseum. #dresshistory #18thc #pandora

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

A neoclassical gown on my feed, just what I needed to cheer myself up a bit. That embroidery!

Ready to be immersed in 18th century aesthetics for the next three hours

So glad Lily is back with new music. If you haven't listened to hear new album yet... ur missing out babes.

Saturday night Juke joint, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1939 by US photographer Marion Post Wolcott #WomensArt

Vanaf eind deze maand is er in Kasteel Ruurlo een tentoonstelling over Fong-Leng en Mathilde Willink. Helaas kost het me drie uur reizen om daar te komen, en op één dag zes uur in het ov zitten trek ik mentaal niet. Wel echt jammer dat ik deze aan me voorbij moet laten gaan.

Fashion plate from 1779 showing a woman wearing robe à la Polonaise of silk taffeta, the skirt decorated with a border of indienne (painted or printed cotton). A 'therèse' (transparant mesh hood) is worn to protect the hairstyle. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc

Genuinely such an interesting long thread on why these suits look crap and yet how a particular type of crap suit has become a cultural signifier for right-wing men.

This is one of my favourite silhouettes, the sharp structure created by a c1790 redingote. It has the trappings of male tailoring whilst retaining the contemporary expectations of femininity. And as for the fabric….. #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

最怕末日來臨的時候 飄泊在沒你的時空 來不及 親吻你的時候 你的名字化成雲朵 [Song: 白安 (Bai An) 我該用什麼才能留住你 (What should I do to keep you here)] #cpop #mandopop

Was afraid I was already too late to see Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein in cinema, BUT it's still playing in a filmhuis 5 min from my home so I am DRAGGING my 'at the bottom of another depressive episode'-self out of my house tomorrow to go and see it

Anyway deze twee cuties hebben nu échter officieel hun bachelor diploma binnen

Ik was zo gespannen vandaag tijdens m’n diploma uitreiking dat ik me nu pas besef dat het een beetje jammer was dat men half vergeten achteraf zei dat ik m’n bachelor cum laude heb gehaald?? (als enige als ik dat goed begrijp??) (cc: @jouketurpijn.bsky.social wil graag nog confettikanon tegoed)

Started off my Huntington U. class on fashion in the long 18th century with rare French and English fashion plates from the Huntington Library's collection. Primary sources FTW!

Writers block: sucks. Mental illness: is a bitch. The one good thing about today is that Kim Petras dropped a new track and it slaps. Just the thing to wind down after a day filled with frustration.

Today was fun: medical manuscripts this morning at Edinburgh CRC (ms 314, ms 170; ms 168). Followed by an urban foraging lecture (quite medicine based) and 16th C recipes at the historical reconstruction lab. So interesting!

Journal des Luxus und der Moden, 1792-1793. Fashion plate showing late 18th century female and male fashions. One woman in a white gown, another in a redingote, and a man wearing a jacket and waistcoat with trousers. Collection @rijksmuseum.bsky.social #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thcentury

Journal des Luxus und der Moden, 1790. No description for this plate. I wonder what other dress historians think the type of gown portrayed is? Looks like a robe en chemise, but the open skirt of the gown showing the petticoat underneath is throwing me off. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc

So not only is there an exhibition on 17th century domesticity at the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social starting this month, it's accompanied by a symposium in January. I am SO looking forward to this www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/...

The value of cloth was such, in the past, that recycling was a regular feature of sartorial life. Silk brocade worn in the 18th century has been completely repurposed here to fit the fashionable silhouette of the #1820s, too precious not to reuse #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Fashion plate from 1786 showing a woman in a pink Peking caraco with white Peking skirt and bodice. The light coloured ensemble is contrasted by a large black hat topped with white ostrich feathers. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum. #FashionPlateFriday #18thc #dresshistory

Fashion plate from 1782 showing four women's hairstyles with had or cap: 1. A l' Egiptienne 2. Palestine 3. Modeste 4. Outrageant From the collection of the Rijksmuseum. #FashionPlateFriday #18thc #dresshistory

The reactions by historians to *that* Nature paper are because we are routinely consistently told by both laypeople and too many STEM colleagues that our methods are irrelevant, nonexistent or inferior, and our fields pointless. Our institutions agree. Miss me with defending STEM in this moment.

"mystery"

Honestly male fashion has been downhill ever since we stopped dressing like this

tip voor mannen die in het donker achter een vrouw aanfietsen: de fuck wegwezen jij. als het niet lukt om haar in te halen dan sla je maar af maar wat je niet gaat doen is een vrouw het gevoel geven dat ze de hele tijd achterom moet kijken

Volgende week bij @rtl.nl de logische maar pijnlijke vraag wat een vrouw überhaupt buiten deed.

Another favourite style of mine and here a rarity of a survival, an early #1790s ribbed silk caraco jacket. It is short and might have been described, a little hysterically at the time, as mannish. It is brilliant and beautiful. Sold via #kerrytaylorauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Note to self: voortaan lorazepam innemen voordat ik naar de kapper ga. Vier uur lang een paniek/angstaanval pogen te onderdrukken is een mentale marteling kan ik je wel zeggen. Laat weer eens zien dat mijn hersenen nog steeds niet hersteld zijn van mijn laatste burnout. Wellicht komt dat ook nooit?

Just admiring this natty pair of 300-year-old silk taffeta shoes, embroidered with a design of leaves and flowers (England, 1700-1730, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)

If you ever find yourself in Honfleur, don’t skip Musée d'Ethnographie et d'Art populaire. Inside a 16th century house there are multiple furnished rooms with Norman furniture, 18th century men’s clothes, women’s costumes and headdresses and so many interesting objects. #18thc #19thc #dresshistory