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briancentrone.bsky.social

@briancentrone.bsky.social
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Fashion Historian and Curator specializing in menswear, queer and pop culture, Barbie and Ken, and fashion in pornography. Writer, Editor, Professor. Open for curatorial work, research, writing, and publication opportunities. I also write creatively.

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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"There was power in a properly made suit." Set in a quiet tailoring shop on the edges of Germantown, C.D. Phillip's "Windowpane Check" tells the moving story of Saul, a thin, awkward teenager living with scoliosis. 1/6
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
 "Every man should own a good, quality suit." In Shinelle L. Espaillat's opening story, "Worsted," sixteen-year-old Dante doesn't want to rent a cheap prom tux like his classmates. Instead, he falls in love with a rich, blueberry worsted wool suit in a shop window. 1/6 @shinelle.bsky.social
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New Lit Salon Press is proud to announce the official release of Dress Him Up: A Tailored Collection of Bespoke Fiction, edited by writer and fashion historian Brian Centrone and beautifully illustrated by Miguel Carranza. 1/6
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I woke up this morning to an apparition of our Queen, #madonna, in this pose from #ConfessionsII draped in the veil. It was a sign that her Majesty will perform a miracle on the #vmas tonight. 🙌🏻🙏🏻👸🏼
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A birthday treat for you all. My first piece of fiction in years. Reading is free and fundamental. theloadwriters.substack.com/p/the-look-o...
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In honor of the opening of this year’s @metcostumeinstitute exhibition, #MetCostumeArt, @costumesocietyamerica members can now read my review about last year’s exhibition, #superfine. Link below: Full article: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Sweating it out.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I couldn’t resist.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Spring fever.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Obsessed with this cover. #WutheringHeights
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Not today.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sunday Selfstudy in Glasses.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hi 👋
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Not me being called a fashion icon last week. #fashionicon
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Valentine’s Week fits.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Reunited with my bff, Carrie Coon. Go see her in #BUG if you can. What a chameleon!!!
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A week of fits. #fashion #menswear
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
No photos, please.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
UK friends! I will be making a return this July! If you’re in London and/or Cambridge, hit me up about meet ups, accommodation recommendations, exhibitions and performances I must see, and traveling around.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Winter Wonderland.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Lovely surprise to see a dress I curated for Gilding Northeast Ohio to make it into a new book on Gilded Age fashion! ❤️
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
My #Skims x #Olympics have arrived. Who’s gonna help me test their athleticism?
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Archive alert 🚨 Back in my 2014 clothes.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
My fit game continues.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is art. (My autocorrect changed art to wet because it knows it’s also that.)
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Treat yourself.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This is still the best album to work out to. #Madonna #coadf #confessionsonadancefloor
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Man of Style.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I’m back!!! Get more The Gilded Age fashion chat plus I go deep into menswear. Deep. youtu.be/LxInlWIqamg?...
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
When it’s Monday and you’re exhausted but still need to be fabulous. #sparkleneelysparkle
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Is this what they call bougie boy dinner?
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A surreal moment. I’ve looked at this honors plaque in recognition of the faculty who ran Honors at WCC since I was an Honors Student, and now to actually be included on it… still processing this one.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Super proud of this exhibition and all these people (and more) that helped make this award possible! Go Team!
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I’m a real 365 Party Girl now. #charlixcx x #converse made for you sneakers.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A little #BigBird fashion happening here.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Well, I guess this makes it official.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It was wonderful to be reunited with my Massillon Musuem family to accept the #AASLH award for excellence in leadership in history for Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion and Fortune 1870-1900. #GildingNEO was a team effort. Everyone who worked on this exhibition made a unique and important contribution
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
She’s a winner, baby. At #AASLH conference with the team from Massillon Museum to accept the Leadership in History Award for #GildingNEO.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Today’s archive pull: suede saddle shoes and trousers not worn since 2014 when last I fit into them. Anyone know how to clean untreated suede?
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Pulled these shoes out of the archives. Pulled the pants off the hanger I placed them on back in 2017 because they never fit me. Sometimes you have to play the long game.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Congratulations to my dear friend and mentor @brenthartinger.bsky.social on the release of his new novel, Infinite Drift! I can’t wait to read it.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Serving Lewks.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Birthday dinner for one.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Gonna add this to my office wall.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Montréal calling, Darling.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Summer florals.
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briancentrone.bsky.social @briancentrone.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The gays will come for you hard.
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