julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 17h☔️ ‘Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon’ is a small but well worth seeing (and it’s free!) exhibition at the V&A. Until 3 January 2027. 1394
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this Lucien Lelong evening dress in the most gorgeous green silk velvet. Dating from 1934, the dress was worn by Jane Taussig and later donated to the Chicago History Museum collection. #fashionhistory 2638
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialDr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest Substack article examines the Georgian origins of tartan as a fashion staple...and of course I had to talk about the Duchess of Gordon! #history #scottishhistory When Did Tartan Become a Fashion Must-Have? historicallybrunette.substack.com/p/when-did-t...historicallybrunette.substack.comWhen Did Tartan Become a Fashion Must-Have?Time for some Scottish fashion history 2165
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There is something curiously bird-like about this gown, with a layered plumage cascading at the back. It is sumptuously described as being made from raspberry coloured lace, and is beautifully layered, crafted in 1958 by Jean Dessés #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 1019836
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@channel4news.bsky.social Well done Andy Burnham, working through his tears to deliver the speech he wanted to deliver. 060
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialjulieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Could this be the perfect evening shoe? Designed by Roger Vivier for Dior, Paris, 1954. Description here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O138244... 16514
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Could this be the perfect evening shoe? Designed by Roger Vivier for Dior, Paris, 1954. Description here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O138244... 16514
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pelerine botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 0348
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialLiverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026EVENT: 'Accommodating the Victorian & Edwardian Working Woman' by Emily Gee, author of Hostel, House and Chambers. 📍 St Mary Abbots Church, London 🗓️ Wednesday 7th October, 7PM - 8:30PM 🎫 Tickets: bit.ly/Gee-event-VS @thevicsoc.bsky.social @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social @modbritstud.bsky.social 095
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’d like to propose an autumn filled with plummy crushed velvet which feels entirely appropriate as summer has given way to chill September mornings here in the South West of England. It would feel like hoiking around your own cosy sofa. Late #1880s #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 819628
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialChris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Black silk and wool mourning dress, c. 1900-1910. Silk covered with thin black wool. Black crepe-de-chine at the neck. Interesting pattern of chevron tucking on skirt and bodice. sokisamlingar.sormlandsmuseum.se 0172
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Léopoldine Hugo (1824 – 1843) was the eldest daughter of novelist, poet, and dramatist Victor Hugo and his wife, Adèle Foucher. #CelebratingWomen 411922
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mitts botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 0203
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialjulieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And breathe…An ethereal, diaphanous dress from 1820-24 is this week’s Friday treat. Via the V&A here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129100... 1495
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And breathe…An ethereal, diaphanous dress from 1820-24 is this week’s Friday treat. Via the V&A here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129100... 1495
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026French painter and model Suzanne Valadon was born #OnThisDay in 1865. She was painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1885 wearing a fashionable purple dress in a similar style to this silk bustle example from the Albany Institute. Painting from Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. #fashionhistory 0554
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialchertseymuseum.bsky.social @chertseymuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#FridayFrocks – Autumn sees our attention turn to #Waistlines. Here we have a silk brocade bodice dating from the 1780s. The bodice is heavily boned so that it forms a fashionable cone shape. 0174
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There is, as ever, immense skill in apparent simplicity. Balenciaga’s 1966 ensemble consists of this buttoned tunic cut in one piece on the bias so that it revolves from shoulder to hip. Lovely, yes please #PalaisGalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 110912
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mourning but make it fashion. Whilst this c1820 gown is indicative of loss written into the very black of its seams, it also demonstrates an awareness of prevailing style with puff sleeves & gauzy layers. Is this a grieving wife or a Merry Widow? @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 110322
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Imagine how people’s lives could be enriched with more in office like Mayor Mamdani 💯 3240
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialChris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What to wear for #NationalPunctuationDay Patrick Kelly's Question Mark dress, 1985, in wool and rhinestones. FIDM Museum Exclamation point gloves, Bonnie Cashin, 1974, Metropolitan Museum Collection. Moschino Question Mark pumps, former Poshmark listing 15114
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialjulieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🍁 Afternoon dress, French, cotton, ca 1855. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 27120
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fall is when you feed each other grapes 0387
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🍁 Afternoon dress, French, cotton, ca 1855. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 27120
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I often think of this as a sunrise dress, its fiery layers of tulle replicating the striations of early morning. Today I was treated to this display on my stroll through the lanes, mirroring the Callot Soeurs colours of c1910 #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 1221758
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Watching Trump at the UN. Excruciating 😣 #c4news 070
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A 7,400-year-old female figure with red curls! Throughout human history, red has held a special significance; it was already being used in Neanderthal burials. Red was readily accessible, for instance, in the form of red earth, such as red ochre or red bole. The figurines dates...🧵1/2 📷 me 320854
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Printed leaves become appliquéd leaves the higher up the dress they travel. Blurry pastels become more defined and the edges frame the shoulders, finished with a pale pink bow. Pierre Balmain, 1954 #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 612123
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there. 10580163
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The c19th aesthetic obsession with all things ferny, scrolls across the brocade of this c1887 gown, the green panels interspersed with dashes of greenery around the bodice and layer of skirt. Some fancy smocking completes the decorative display #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 415327
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialjulieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🍂 Echoes of the past. Jacket designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, winter 1934 collection. More here via The Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 17011
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🍂 Echoes of the past. Jacket designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, winter 1934 collection. More here via The Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 17011
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This feels like a quietly appropriate approach to autumn dressing, a loose early #1880s ‘at home’ kind of gown in reddy brown challis, a lightweight blend of wool & silk. The Watteau pleat at the back & panels at the front are embroidered with pale forget-me-nots #newcanaanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 417131
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialLucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A Victorian ‘lady detective’ once shed her crinoline mid-chase, and kept right on going. Meet the scandalous 1860s pulp novels — sold for sixpence at railway stations — that invented the female sleuth, decades before Miss Marple ever picked up her knitting. lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...lucyworsley.substack.comThe Scandalous Victorian Novels That Invented the Female DetectiveLong before Miss Marple, two 1860s heroines were solving crimes, dropping their crinolines, and shocking readers for sixpence a go 418742
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Gaming purse botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 0218
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“I’m a remarkable woman..always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”May Morris, English fine embroiderer, designer, feminist and socialist, dismayed by the lack of support for women artists founded the Women’s Guild of Arts, 1907 #WomensArt 143057652
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialAndrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Honestly, not quite enough pearls 1122
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/la...greatbritishlife.co.ukHow Horrockses put Lancashire on the fashion map80 years after the iconic label was born, a landmark exhibition is bringing its remarkable story home 0194
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialEllie Thomas @elliethomas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Gorgeous combination of the current fashion (of the 1820s) with vintage fabric. Stunning! 042
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialChris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Silk gauze mourning fan with an ebony monture and floral lace appliqués and edging, indicating less-than-deep mourning. It is painted with a coronet. c. 1880-1890. n2t.net/ark:/38652/R... 1213
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Glad our MPs have enough time on their hands for such important matters. Perhaps they could also scrutinize UK record at international croquet events; why haircuts are so expensive; and how to improve the annoying music when you’re on hold for a phone call. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comUK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPsDigital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts 1814642
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s Friday..you deserve a treat 💙 This evening dress with matching spencer, made ca 1820, comes via The V&A: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O361666... 26010
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026An injection of yellow like a fizz of sherbet fountain to cheer the end of the week with this #1750s striped robe à la française. Bright and breezy and sunny perfect for welcoming the weekend #coraginsburg #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 814433
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Butternut and Sweet Potato Curry is #RecipeOfTheDay! It tastes every bit as vibrant as it looks and is – incidentally – vegan, should that be of interest (or even if it isn’t). www.nigella.com/recipes/butt...nigella.comButternut and Sweet Potato CurryThis is a rambunctiously vibrant curry, both to look at and eat. It is rich, sweet and hearty, with tomatoes providing a balancing acidity and the curry paste bringing uncompromising fire. I like the ... 734947
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialchertseymuseum.bsky.social @chertseymuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#FridayFrocks - This gown, c.1953–57, is by Lanvin-Catillo. The chiffon bodice, with #Pleating, is lined with pink satin and boned. See it in our brand-new fashion exhibition: ‘Mid-20th Century Girls’ which opens tomorrow. To plan your visit go to www.chertseymuseum.org 0283
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Bertha botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 0207
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialDebbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I love this artist’s work. Just discovered she was a nurse in #WW1 richardawarren.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/o... 0225
Reposted by @julieinstitches.bsky.socialKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It is an eye wateringly bedazzling pattern, a weave of dizzying drama in stylised leafy motifs that speaks to the techniques of late c19th textile production. No quiet, demure-ness here but rather boldness of design in late #1890s fashion. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 611613
julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Second visit to the Museo Archeologico (Napoli) because it’s fabulous. L ‘Vignetta’ fresco, basket with spindle & wool skeins, Ariadne’s Villa, 10-45 AD. R Small bowls with paint pigments, Pompeii. 1275