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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

**The Georgian Group Dunscombe-Colt Bursary** #BSECS & the Georgian Group are offering a NEW bursary for #PGR & #ECR speaking on the architecture or material culture of the long #18thC at the BSECS annual conference. #skystorians 🗃️ Details can be found at: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...

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Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Congratulations #KateBashford who won this year’s @costumesociety.org.uk Patterns of Fashion Awards with this stunning replica of a 1730s riding habit from the collection at Snowshill Manor. She even cast the pewter buttons! #fashionhistory #18thCentury #patternsoffashion

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

IT'S TIME! The #CFP for #BSECS2027 has been released! This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity'. The deadline for submissions is the 15 September 2026. The conference will by the 6-8 January 2027 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Does anyone have experience of using the Devonshire Collections Archive at Chatsworth House? All advice / recommendations welcome. Excited to be there next week generously funded by #womensstudiesgroup #eighteenthcentury #dresshistory #HistoryofPregnancy #historyofWomen #duchessofdevonshire

5th Duchess of Devonshire seated in black dress and holding her baby daughter ‘Little G’.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Thank you to @museumoflondon.bsky.social Docklands for this creative approach to the (re)interpretation of colonial history within your collection. It was really eye-catching and symbolically powerful. #eighteenthcentury #docklandsmuseum

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Marie-Antoinette Style: a conference (online and in-person) offered by the V&A, 12-13 February #c18th #c18 #18thc

Oval bracelet clasps in gold with brilliant cut diamonds, one with a bird perched on a trophy including a quiver of arrows and the other with the queen's monogram

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Join me tomorrow when I will be talking about big petticoats and small breeches at #BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

MISSED THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR #BSECS2026? Don't worry! You can register at the main desk [for the conference ONLY, not meals or accommodation] from 8am on 7 Jan 2026 #skystorians #18thC www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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BSECS Conference Registration

Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

NOT LONG NOW! Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices #BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

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Helen Esfandiary @helenesfandiary.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I’ll be speaking about the very object featured below - the Le Vacher machine - and how mothers in Georgian England used devices like it to 'straighten' children’s bodies. #HistMed #MaterialCulture #MedicalHumanities #18thCentury

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Join me tomorrow for the #18thcentury conference of #cossoc25 As guest speaker I will be talking about cleanliness, virtue, fertility and women’s fashion. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

What a beaut! Congratulations @fancyhistorian.bsky.social I can’t wait to read it! #18thcentury

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I can’t wait for our big Georgian conference to start next week! 🤗 ticket details below … #cossoc25 @costumesociety.org.uk #18thCentury

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs. If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful. #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I’m looking forward to joining you next week with a fabulous paper all about #18thCentury fashion, pregnancy and motherhood. #history #pregnancy

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IHR Life Cycles seminar @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. You are welcome to join us in person or online. Details are in the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

What did #18thcentury women wear when they were pregnant? What did a ‘good’ mother look like? Which fashion was both patriotic and recommended by midwives? For the answers to all these questions join me at the #IHR on 7th Oct archive.history.ac.uk/events/good-...

Duchess of Queensberry dressed as a milkmaid. She wears an apron and simple cap and carries a staff.

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The Costume Society @costumesociety.org.uk · 21/09/2025

📢 Session 3 of the Society’s Conference ‘In the Shadow of the Georgians’ 25/10/25 2-5pm with @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social Joanna Jarvis, Sally Tuckett, Javier Gileno Martinez @clairebatt.bsky.social Details & tickets costumesociety.org.uk/conference

Anne Dashwood, later Countess of Galloway oil on canvas, by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1764, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 50.238.2. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ladies of Quality in the Most Fashionable Head Dresses 1788 Courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum. Gift of Mr H Matthews, 1982. Photograph Laura Moore

‘An artist sketching, possibly Paul Sandby, ca.1755’ attributed to Francis Cotes (1726-1770). Courtesy of the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Accession Number B2014.5.42

‘Robe a la Demi Psyche’ Journal des Dames et des Modes Costume Parisien, 26 December 1799.
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The Costume Society @costumesociety.org.uk · 16/09/2025

📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815 Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado… #fashionhistory#cossoc25

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Congratulations #brunelmuseum.bsky.social on your new display including Marc Brunel’s silver shoe buckle’s beautifully conserved with support from the #CostumeSociety #18thC #eighteenthcentury

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I will be talking about ‘good’ mothers and #18thC fashion as guest speaker at the Costume Society’s annual #conference Ticketing open now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...

Anne Dashwood by Joshua Reynolds copyright Met Museum

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Thank you #V&AEastStorehouse for the exciting opportunity to #orderanobject today. It was a treat and an honour to research this truly beautiful mantua gown in person. #eighteenthcentury @V&AEast

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present The Fashion Museum dress of the year 2021 was by Giorgio Armani + worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS tv show Oprah with Meghan and Harry. Meghan was 6 months pregnant, the lotus motif was chosen to represent rebirth.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Oprah Winfrey sitting near a coffee table.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present Queen Charlotte 1767 by Francis Cotes - In this portrait Queen Charlotte holds her 4th child princess Charlotte while she was pregnant with her 5th child Prince Edward. She wears a white silk sacque gown with lots of gold brocade

Queen Charlotte sits holding her baby daughter. She raises a finger gesturing for quiet as the infant sleeps.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research. www.history.ac.uk/events/light...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

ICYMI: Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30! www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

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Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present 1921 catalogue of maternity uniforms for nurses. Two dresses on the right have an elasticated waistband, but there is no adjustment to the length of the front hem. None of the models are visibly pregnant.

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Gilded heels! pair of shoes, 1870ies

a pair of shoes for women, formerly red velvet (looks brownish now) with gilded embroidery of leafs and flowers, braids of gold-coloured metal thread ... and a wooden heel, painted to look golden

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present Henrietta Maria after Sir Anthony Van Dyck 1636 pregnant with her 6th child. Her pose emphasises the shape of her maternal body.

Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, pregnant with their 6th child. She wears a yellow dress with black sash.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present Anne, Lady Pope with her children by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. This 1596 portrait shows how elite Elizabethan women dressed when pregnant. Pearls were a symbol of fertility and appear all over Lady Pope’s gown.

Anne, Lady Pope with her children

Portrait depicting heavily pregnant Lady Pope and 3 of her children. 1596.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present In 2021 Ellie Goulding gave an interview to Vogue and the Telegraph in which she explain how she valued the opportunity that lock down provided to keep her pregnancy private.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present A scene in the New farce called the rivals or a Visit to the Heir Presumptive - In March 1819 baby Prince George was born heir to the British throne this lasted 2 months until his cousin Queen Victoria was born 8 weeks later.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, 1635 by Rembrandt depicts the artists wife while pregnant. In 2020 the National Gallery London makes no mention of her pregnancy in their interpretation label. #nationalgallerylondon

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian
Costume, 1635 by Rembrandt. Saskia is pregnant, she wears pastoral style clothing and carries a bouquet of flowers.

2020 Label interpretation of Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian
Costume, 1635. No mention is made of her pregnancy.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present This c.1900 maternity corset from the collection at the V&A Museum London has side laces to adapt to changes in body shape / size and poppers over each breast to facilitate breastfeeding.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present 1943 US ad for maternity shirts. Focus on utility, comfort and discreet pregnancy concealment. A subtle hint that the left shirt was designed to fit changes in bust size. #WW2 in UK pregnancy meant extra clothing rations.

Simpson US store advert for maternity shirts. 1943-4.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 06/02/2025

If you're looking for news from fellow historians, try our Starter Pack of #History societies and networks go.bsky.app/68FsvjY. With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present Venus by Claire Partington, 2015, ceramic figurine. Here Venus encompasses symbols of The Madonna and Hindu mother Goddess Parvati and #21stC ‘every woman’. There are symbols of birth and death and the passage of time. #pregnancy

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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This Friday, January 31st at 6pm EST, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell explores the controversial and extravagant fashion during the reign of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France in a Virtual Fashion Week 2025 event hosted by The National Arts Club. Register here:

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Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

Join Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell for an exploration of one of the most exciting, controversial, and extravagant periods in the history.

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We are very excited to announce the #cfp for our #PGR #ECR conference on 'Facades' - 30/31 July at Bath Spa University Please send 250 word abstract + short bio to postgrad@bsecs.org.uk by the 21 March 2025 Full details for screen readers in the thread below 1/5 #BSECS2025 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present A rare photo of Princess Margaret in 1961 when pregnant with her 1st child. Her flowing dress covers the detailed shape of her maternal body and pleating of the fabric could move and adapt to her changing shape.

HRH Princess Margaret stepping out of a car when pregnant with her son David 1961.

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📚🎉📚 Huge congratulations to CECS member Dr Alison O’Byrne on the publication day of her book, The Art of Walking in London: Representing the Eighteenth-Century City, 1700-1830 from @cambridgeup.bsky.social ‘Elegantly written, well-researched, and highly engaging’ and with a gorgeous cover. #18thC

Cover image of Alison O’Byrne’s book, showing the image of a man recoiling from the wet spray of a woman’s mop. The painting, by Edward Penny, is inspired by Jonathan Swift’s poem, ‘A Description of a City Shower’.

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Interesting #CFP for anyone interested in the history of fashion, dress and textiles.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#MaternityMondays #maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present 2022 ad for Seraphine maternity-wear. Shockingly it is standard today for non-pregnant models to pad their bodies for maternity clothing ads. This is therefore not actually a maternal body at all but it “kinda” looks like one

Seraphine maternity wear shop advert - 2022.

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