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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 16/09/2026

One of my first embroidery projects using watercolor on the fabric. It was part of a larger project, including a piece of embroidered poetry dedicated to the Ocean Goddess. Feeling the urge to embroider my poetry again. Probably it will be my next project after I finish with the shirt collar. #art

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 23/08/2026

As my last day of vacation, today was a day of: 🌹 Mending and tending to garments 🌹 Reading 🌹 Napping with my cat 🌹Vegan ice cream 🌹Cooking 🌹 Briefly editing some poems I wish I had worked on my next Substack article, but somehow I was not feeling like it… #slowlife #poetry #artist

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 18/08/2026

🌿 The Fairy Tale of Dress is an interdisciplinary project exploring slow living, queer masculinity and earthbound enchantment through the art of Fashion and its many tales. Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire, folklore and the mythology of Beauty. #poetry #slowfashion #artist

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The Fairy Tale of Dress | H.Gibaldi • A visual poet | Substack

Dispatches from a visual poet on slow fashion, queerness, textile art & history. Click to read The Fairy Tale of Dress, by H.Gibaldi • A visual poet, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 18/08/2026

Revisiting and giving some love to old poems 🪷 "...And He led me there, by earnest scent and burning fire to this watery mirror, reflecting the endless of galaxies. "Who is this God In front of me?" I asked, gazing The calming surface. "I am all that you see. I am you, And you are me" #poetry

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On Her sacred Garden

Spiritual poetry on a Botanical Garden.

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 16/08/2026

Making alterations is almost as complicated as making a garment from scratch 🫠 #fashionsky #slowfashion #sewing #sewist #artisan #handmade #diy

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 15/08/2026

So, the hemp set definitely passed the test after a day trip to Bergamo. I might have to tighten up the hem stitches, and I didn't like the invisible button that much, so I will apply another one on the trousers. But I'm happy with the result 🌿 #fashionsky #sewing #handmade #sewist #artisan

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 14/08/2026

The Knight in Pink, by Giovan Battista Moroni. Beautiful painting… Probably the subject of my next article 🩷 #fashionhistory #fashionsky #arthistory #menswear #writingcommunity #author #blogging #substack

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Aestheticpulse @nep-dk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Happy Fashion Thursday! Celebrating Colleen Atwood's breathtaking costume designs for Into the Woods. Every piece tells a magical story. #FashionSky #Moviesky #ColleenAtwood

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Alan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @bows4crows.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Ball dress, American or French, 1858 "Couturier! Make me a dress that is not just pink in colour, but that incarnates the eternal spirt of pink-ness!" Job done. And it is so beautiful. What an impact this must have made 170 years ago! #fashionsky #dresshistory #fashionhistory

Museum photo of a full length pink ball gown in tulle and taffeta.

The bodice has a tight, narrow waist, a widely flaring neckline with a slight v-shape at centre, and short puffed sleeves. Its trimmed with ruffles of lace and pink bows.
The skirt has several flounces, is trimmed with gauze, and has a structure to allow it to expand out equally in all directions.
Two garlands of fake flowers hang from the left and right of the waist.

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 10/07/2026

A bit late, but a celebration of the tailoring tradition of Paul Smith at the latest Men’s fashion week in Milan. #fashionsky #fashionhistory #menswear #fashionweek #tailoring #photography

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 12/05/2026

Balenciaga’s metal line. Working in fashion thought me that every normie wants to feel unique somehow lol The mainstream trying to appropriate elements from the underground is nothing new… And it matches Demna’s pretentiousness. #fashionsky #fashionhistory #metal

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 07/05/2026

Marie Antoinette wearing her chamise de Reine. Instrumental in increasing the popularity of cotton as a fabric. #fashionsky #fashionhistory #arthistory

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 02/05/2026

Mayday, Floralia, Beltane… Regardless of what you might celebrate in this time of the year, may the light and warmth of the Earth grow within you 🌸 And if you are willing to, I invite you to my Garden 🌹 open.substack.com/pub/afairyte... #poetry #poet #author #writingcommunity #poem #witchsky

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 28/04/2026

She slows me down a bit, but embroidering with her is an absolute bliss 🩷 #slowfashion #embroidery #textile #fiberart #slowlife #slowliving

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 27/04/2026

So many things happened between the beginning of this project and today… But this spring is giving me the motivation to finally finish this embroidered shirt collar. #fashionsky #slowfashion #embroidery #fiberart #textile #handmade #artisan #artist #sustainablefashion #diy

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 22/04/2026

Writing on the train feels a bit different… I think I need to move to get things done lol #author #writingcommunity #poetry #poet #blogging #writer

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 13/04/2026

Ogham of the day: Onn/Gorse - Check on your finances - Be aware of any potential negativity around you today - The experience of sexual energy as a way to bring peace, fulfilment and satisfaction. #witchsky #pagan #occult #divination #witchcraft

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 08/04/2026

Queer folklore is a series that explores the themes of queerness and homoeroticism in mythology, folklore and fairy tales as a source of inspiration for my creative work within the mediums of textile art, embroidery, fashion and poetry. #embroidery #textileart #mythology #gay #queer

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Queer Folklore: The pink lotus

Embroidery art: Antinous in the Garden of Eros. Poem: Antinous Asterion

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 08/04/2026

Three things I enjoy seeing in the morning: My ballet barre by the sunlight My plants growing My cat's belly #slowlife #slowliving #cosy #lifestyle

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 07/04/2026

Lady of light, send your wisdom before me to guide Let it quicken and lighten my stride as I journey on Lifting up high phial of your beloved starlight When on perilous paths of the night When all lights are gone #witchsky #pagan #occult #goddess

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The Lamb of God, three Pre-Raphaelite depictions of flocks of sheep for this #GoodFriday. 🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG. 🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter Sunday with some hopping hares and rambunctious rabbits to celebrate. 🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871. 🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 06/04/2026

Sometimes a sewing project can get too messy and chaotic, and you might have the feeling that you don't know what you are doing. So you just keep going, trusting your work in progress, doing what you know, and just wait to see the final piece. #sewing #fashionsky #slowfashion #handmade #artisan

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 04/04/2026

Ogham of the day: Coll/Hazel - Inspiration and creative solutions - Arbitration and humility - “Read the room” and intuition - Go deep into your own creativity #witchsky #pagan #slowlife #divination #folklore

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 03/04/2026

Ogham of the day: Idad/Yew - death and rebirth - endings - new life #witchsky #folklore #pagan #slowlife #divination

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 01/04/2026

Updating my Antinous embroidery. In the meantime, you can read an old text on what inspired this project 🪷🩷 afairytells.substack.com/p/queer-folk... #embroidery #textileart #handmade #pagan #witchsky

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Alan 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @bows4crows.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Ball gown, France, 1898 Simple, timeless ball gown here. Super elegant, with the sequins (?) really lifting the black silk. A lovely dress, but I always worry about trails getting dirty and damaged! #fashionsky #fashionhistory #dresshistory #theMet

Museum photo of a full length black silk ball gown, with sequins throughout. It has a scoop neckline, sleeves cut straight to the mid-upper arm, and a circular trail of additional fabric at the hem. This extends about a foot to the rear.

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 31/03/2026

After a bed bound weekend and missing the Equinox, I still enjoy the beauty of blooming things 🪷🌹 afairytells.substack.com/p/an-allegor... #slowfashion #poetry #witchsky #pagan #handmade

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 05/03/2026

‘Whenever you need, once in a month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me who am the Queen of all Witcheries’ #witchysky #pagan #witchcraft

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H.Gibaldi • A visual poet @afairytells.substack.com · 04/03/2026

Found this on a package of something that I don't remember what it was… I only know that it will make a beautiful button for an embroidered hemp bolero jacket. #slowfashion #fashionsky #sewing #handmade #artisan

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