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Fashion/material culture scholar. Collections manager. Author of Regency Women's Dress, 1800-1830. @mimicofmodes@historians.social (she/her)

Joined February 2012
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A thread to collect all of my threads: a bolt of fabric, if you will 🪡🧵
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About to start again for today! bsky.app/profile/mimicofmode…
Today I'm live tweeting the Sewn in America symposium at the DAR Museum over on BlueSky at bsky.app/profile/mimicofmode… !
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Today I'm live tweeting the Sewn in America symposium at the DAR Museum over on BlueSky at bsky.app/profile/mimicofmode… !
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Here's new artwork I’ve done for the tabletop RPG DANDIES & DANDYZETTES! This is my rendition of one of our backers, Sid, in a dramatic gown, to illustrate the world of the theatre #dandiesanddandyzettes #regencyactress #ttrpg #rpg #kickstarter #bridgerton #regencyengland 26m
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Happy #BRIDGERTON Day! The Vauxhall final for DANDIES & DANDYZETTES is at last complete. In the famous #Vauxhall pleasure gardens, as musicians play and the whale oil lamps shine, people flirt and dance and fight in a whirl of activity. #dandiesanddandyzettes #ttrpg #kickstarter
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Viral posts sometimes claim that the French Revolution banned women's pockets so they couldn't hide weapons to assassinate men. Total BS, writes fashion historian @mimicofmodes for @askhistorians: reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/c…
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Now that BlueSky is open, if you join up, come and find me! bsky.app/profile/mimicofmode…
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Came across this translation in my drafts: mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/… Apparently I never posted it with the rest of the issue!
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Cassidy Percoco retweeted
When independent brands are copied, they SUFFER. People generally do not know what goes into designing/manufacturing pieces, so, a cheaper version, to them, means the original is a scam, even though a cheaper version wouldn't even exist without work that went into the original.
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Cassidy Percoco retweeted
This beautiful ‘network’ mosaic glass bowl looks so modern, yet it’s about 2,250 years old! Made using an innovative technique in which thin threads of twisted glass were spiralled over a convex mould. A wonderful example of the skill of ancient glassmakers! Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart bawue.museum-digital.de/obje… 📷 my own #Archaeology
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Replying to @PetitPalais_
@PetitPalais_ is currently showing an exhibition on Paris modernity including several fantastic garments from the Belle Époque era. Last week our news editor @chicstranger and VC of comms @fashionnatascha visited & saw these pieces on show. Stay tuned for upcoming review.
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Friday Treat Time and a beautiful duck egg blue silk evening dress from the late 1810s. This exquisite example with its fuller skirt shape and elaborate trimmings reflects a move away from the neo-classical influences of the previous decade to the romantic tastes of the 1820s.
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Happy #FabricFriday! This is a “bogolanfini” mantle from Mali. Woven by men and dyed by women, this cotton fabric is worn by hunters as camouflage and a badge of status. Adolescent girls are also wrapped in bogolanfini to mark their transition to adulthood.
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Cassidy Percoco retweeted
Entire Apartment Designed Around Cat's Happiness: ow.ly/Yvr650Qw4uq
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Conservator, Jenny Truran gives us an insight into the ongoing conservation work at the magnificent Rochdale Town Hall. Meet the conservation trainees on a bespoke programme in heritage conservation, and what a stunning location to learn in! lancashiremuseumsstories.wor…
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🌎 🌙 On 15th and 17th February and 5th March, enjoy exceptional evening visits to discover the #HoraceVernet exhibition in the heart of winter evenings that may well have some surprises reserve for you... 👀 Book online 👉 billetterie.chateauversaille…
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Day's argument is nuanced and complex, more about the relationship between the effects of TB and already-prized virtues than presenting TB as coming along and creating a fashion trend. Her book is well worth a read!
During the late 18th century the physical effects of tuberculosis became the ideals of beauty for the fashionable woman. 🔓 We've just made @carolynaday’s fascinating article from The Archive free for the next 7 days. Find it at buff.ly/3HHI2h2 #fashionhistory
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Shout-out to all the ND kids who were straight-up tortured by the baked-in imperfection of any and all phone cords back in the day…
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This Callot Soeurs evening dress, influenced by Orientalism and the Directoire revival, embodies the latest trends of the time in its cylindrical silhouette and soft, unstructured look. fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/19…
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