It’s a lorazepam + zolpidem kind of evening

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

The sartorial details in this (probably) self portrait of Adèle Romany c. 1799 are breathtaking. See the clocked stockings, blue slipper tied with ribbons at the ankle and the neoclassical decorations at the hem of the robe à la grecque. From the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. #dresshistory #18thc

Have had this book on my to-read list since 2013, so very happy to come across this hardcover edition at the second hand bookstore.

Dagje Franeker

Cotton dress, British, 1796-98, via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

When you arrive in hell to steal Satan’s throne

Maybe you're right and we should stop watching the news 'Cause, baby, I've never seen brown eyes look so blue

Na wekenlange rust is mijn bovenbuur weer thuis, wat betekent geluidsoverlast tot diep in de nacht en peuken in mijn voor- en achtertuin. Vanavond mag ze lekker meegenieten terwijl ik Kate Bush en Lana Del Rey draai en keihard meezing (in tegenstelling tot haar zing ik tenminste níet vals)

Quit fucking around, no time to kill, I’ll stick around if you will

Ik zit weer eens rustig aan de gracht met een boek en een biertje, een paartje nijlganzen dobbert rustig langs. Opeens landt er een derde nijlgans en barst en voor mijn ogen een territoriale strijd los. Wat zijn die beesten toch altijd heerlijk agressief.

The #BastilleDay edit:

When upset: buy a rice bowl with frogs on it to cheer oneself up

I can only imagine the challenge of stitching floral motifs into this sheerest of white muslins of a quality so fine it was described at the time as ‘woven wind’. The ephemeral cloth makes the flowers shine all the more brightly, c1815 @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I understand David Lynch better than 'regular' folks and anyway I wish that people didn't die

🎶 Angelo Badalamenti - The Pink Room (a perfect combination of soundtrack and scene)

Voor het eerst in veel te lang maar weer eens gebruik maken van Cineville (mezelf zover krijgen mijn huis te verlaten is weer moeilijk de laatste tijd)

OFF WITH HER TITS!

British mantua with Flemish lace, late 1600s Been posting very modern stuff recently, so lets go way back. I don't know enough to comment, but this is certainly beautiful. Not what I'd expect from the period. The headpiece is wonderful. From the Met, NY. #dresshistory #fashionhistory #ootd

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'The Heatwave of July 1808' - wp.me/p3JTNy-3sy #mondayblogs #18thc

How I would dress if money wasn’t an issue

Het nijlganzen paar dat hier rondzwemt op de gracht heeft één enkel kuikentje, en die is nog zo ontzettend klein en schattig.

Al twee keer mensen erop geattendeerd dat ze in de stiltecoupé zitten, kijk mij assertief zijn! (ook heel fijn dat mensen voor de verandering eens luisteren ipv verontwaardigd reageren)