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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My 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...

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When Did Tartan Become a Fashion Must-Have?

Time for some Scottish fashion history

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz #onthisday 1761. I wrote about the road to their betrothal and their marriage in my latest substack post, free to read here: Long Live Queen Charlotte! historicallybrunette.substack.com/p/long-live-... #royalhistory #18thcentury

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Long Live Queen Charlotte!

The royal wedding of 1761, when a princess became a queen.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A rather timely essay on toxic dynamics in the British royal family...almost 300 years ago! #history #britishmonarchy Royals at War: Eighteenth-Century Style substack.com/@historicall...

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Royals at War: Eighteenth-Century Style

Think the Windsors are bad? The Hanoverians were even worse.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I set up my Substack about a year ago but I've only just got around to publishing some articles there. Do have a look if you're interested in 18th-century history. I'll be writing a lot on royalty, women, and popular culture 👑 #history Historically Brunette on Substack substack.com/@historicall...

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Historically Brunette | Substack

Dr Natalee Garrett. Lecturer & author specialising in 18th-century history. Expert on royalty, aristocracy, national identity & political satire. Passionate about telling the stories of exceptional wo...

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The second season of Queens that Changed the World airs today on BBC Select in the Americas. Starting strong with an excellent episode on #queencharlotte. If you have access, do give it a watch! #history #royalhistory #18thcentury

Title card for a TV programme titled 'Queens That Changed The World.' The episode is titled 'Charlotte: The Last Queen of America'. The title card includes an image of a woman in period clothing and information on the production companies Woodcut Media and SphereAbacus. The episode is available in America on 25 June on BBC Select, Roku, Prime Video, and Apple TV.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Last year I had a fantastic time filming at Kew Palace for Season 2 of Queens That Changed The World. The Queen Charlotte episode is first in the line up, airing on 25 June on BBC Select in America. It's wonderful to see this amazing queen get some well-deserved attention! #queencharlotte #history

Photograph of Kew Palace, a 17th-century redbrick building with four stories. A small lawn is visible in front of the building, with a topiary hedge.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A personal favourite of the #bighair satirical prints: 'The Flower Garden' (1777). Note the tiny gardener and the temple in the exquisitely detailed hair garden. #historysky #18thcentury #caricatures #hairhistory #fashionhistory

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A #caricature print from 1786 showing the individuals most satirised by caricaturists at the time, including #GeorgeIII , #QueenCharlotte, and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 🎨 #historysky #18thcentury #arthistory

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I got an email this morning telling me that I have been elected a Fellow of RHS. Academia is very hard right now, especially for ECRs, so it means a lot to have my work recognised by fellow historians 😊 #historysky

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The art of letter-writing in the 18th century. 🤗 The sender - gossiping about the marriage of Max Joseph and Auguste Wilhelmine - painted the figure of the bride wearing an dress from the 1780ies in the top corner of his letter.

letter by Christian Friedrich Pfeffel von Kriegelstein, ambassador, to Friederike Luise Auguste von Hofenfels about the marriage of future Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt on September 30, 1785. The couple wed in Darmstadt .

Detail: tiny water-colour painting of Auguste Wilhemine in a blue dress with yellow skirt (or apron). The 'gossip in the letter is about her slim waist, which was expected to change in about 9 month after the wedding

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Happy St Andrew's Day ! Cathedral ruins, Old Union Cafe, and Butts Wynd, St Andrews, Scotland, UK.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’. Register now! 👎 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Many thanks to everyone who attended yesterday evening. It was great to share my research and receive such positive and useful feedback. An article on this topic is (all being well) forthcoming with Scottish Historical Review next year! 🤞 #scottishhistory #18thcentury

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Tonight Natalee Garrett will be speaking at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar where she will be discussing her paper on 'Jane, Duchess of Gordon and the Romanticisation of Scottish Identity in London, c.1780-1812'. Details of how to attend online can be found below:

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‘A Tartan Belle’: Jane, Duchess of Gordon and the Romanticisation of Scottish Identity in London, c.1780-1812

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Carly Silver Feldman @carlyasilver.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Happy #MosaicMonday! Either a mosaic or mosaic-adjacent, depending on whom you ask. This parure (jewelry set) was probably made for Caroline Bonaparte Murat, #Napoleon's sister. These stunning pieces were made via pietra dura (the V&A calls it a "hardstone mosaic technique"). Spotted @ V&A. 📸me

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Died #OTD 1737, Queen Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II As Dr Robin Eagles explores, not only were her last few weeks agonizing, but her death reflected her wider importance to the Hanoverian regime: historyofparliament.com/2021/12/02/c...

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Death of a Queen: the tragic end of Caroline of Ansbach - The History of Parliament

In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles, considers the grisly end of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, the botched efforts of her physicians to

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you're interested in Scottish national identity, eighteenth-century fashion, and/or women in politics, you may be interested in the paper I'm presenting at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar next Tuesday. Best of all, it's online! #eighteenthcentury #womenshistory #Scottishhistory

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

#OTD 1712, the infamous, and extremely violent Hamilton-Mohun duel took place between Scottish Tory the Duke of Hamilton and the Cornish Whig Lord Mohun. Check out Dr Robin Eagles' article on the violent history of duels in 18thc England here: historyofparliament.com/2018/06/07/d...

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“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels and attempted murder in eighteenth-century England - The History of Parliament

The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston's book - A Very English Scandal - about the trial of the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe for conspiracy and

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Very much looking forward to Helen Esfandiary's talk next week on medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England. All welcome either in person or online @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social But please register www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England

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Dr Katie Aske @katieaske.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This week I submitted my manuscript for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a Cultural History of Female Beauty to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social This book has been a (long) labour of love and I owe so many thank yous to so many people for helping me reach this stage!

A book cover for Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: a cultural history of female beauty by Katherine Aske published by Bloomsbury. The cover is teal blue and depicts an eighteenth century portrait of a white woman in a large, white silk dress with puff sleeves, brown curled hair with blue ribbons, looking towards the sky. There is a large brown curtain hanging behind the sitting figure. The painting is by Joshua Reynolds of Mrs Stanhope as Contemplation.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

2/2 Dolls' Tea Party, 1730, w/ non-cooperation of pup. Another ridiculously cute scene by normally sharp & satirical William Hogarth, born OTD 1697.

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Alain Truong ♎🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @alaintruong.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Alexander Roslin, The Lady with the Veil. The Artist's Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust, 1768. Oil on canv www.alaintruong.com/2025/11/exhi...

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#OnThisDay 1794 the king made the formal announcement of the Prince of Wales's engagement to Princess Caroline of Brunswick... 5 November may have been deemed an auspicious day, but it didn't work out well. #HistParl

painting of a man in late 18th century clothing. He has curled grey hair and wears a double-breasted dark coat with a white cravat underneath. On his breast is a silver star.

painting of a young woman in late 18th-century clothing. She wears a light coloured dress with a dark shawl and a bonnet on top of her curled brown hair.

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Headdress called "La Belle Poule", replica inspired by the headdress created for Marie-Antoinette to mark a battle fought on 17.6.1778. The original headdress was created by fashion designer Rose Bertin and Leonard, hairdresser of Marie-Antoinette (Centre national du costume et de la scène)

Awesome piece featuring a white wig with curls on the sides and on top a ship made of gold fabric and embroidery with three masts under full sail (dark pink fabric).
The action of 17 June 1778 (also known as the fight of Belle Poule and Arethusa) was a single-ship action that took place off the coast of France between British and French frigates.

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Born #OnThisDay 1777 Princess Sophia, younger daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 17th birthday was celebrated with a special breakfast at Frogmore. There are contested rumours that the princess later had an illegitimate child either with her brother, Cumberland, or an equerry...

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Marie Antoinette [who was born #otd, Nov 2] in a Muslin Dress, 1783, by #ElisabethVigeeLeBrun (French, 1755-1842). Held by Schloss Wolfsgarten; image found at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma... #womenartists #artherstory

A 3/4 length portrait of a white woman with powdered hair, wearing a white gown with a gauzy ruffle at the neckline and a gauzy gold sash at the waist, tied in the back. On her head is a brimmed straw hat with a pale blue ribbon and a large fluffy blue feather. She stands at a small (barely visible) desk on which sits a bowl of cut flowers. She holds a rose isn her left hand, around the stem of which she wraps a blue ribbon with her right hand.

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Died #OnThisDay 1786 Princess Amelia, the last of the children of George II and Queen Caroline. She had a particularly bad relationship with her brother, Frederick, Prince of Wales. Super portrait of her by Hudson at the Yale Center for British Art. #skystorians

painting of a woman in 18th-century costume. She wears a black riding hat over her curled grey hair, and a close fitting blue riding costume with gold frogging and edging.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

French actress/opera singer Louise Jacquet looks up at us engagingly from reading an admiring letter, in this exceptional pastel portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard (c 1750). Such a lively & natural expression! Check out the fine detailing on her clothes, too

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This is one of my favourite silhouettes, the sharp structure created by a c1790 redingote. It has the trappings of male tailoring whilst retaining the contemporary expectations of femininity. And as for the fabric….. #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Back view of the top half of the of a hand stitched redingote shaped to fit the torso closely. It t resembles a man’s tailored jacket with deep revers and a deep pointed collar at the back

Front view of the 1790s redingote that shows the structured open robe gown with a white petticoat beneath and a white fichu tucked around the neck

Fabric detail of part of the collar of the 1790s redingote showing the covered decorative buttons and the revers of the collar. The fichu is visible tucked into the neckline

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Breakfast (c1754), Alte Pinakothek #c18th #c18 #18thc

A seated young woman in a green silk bodice over a white dress sits in a chair and receives a breakfast tray from a standing maid whose head and hands only are visible on the left side of the picture

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Died #OTD 1811, Nathaniel Dance-Holland. Before entering Parliament, Dance-Holland was a founding member of the Royal Academy and successful portrait artist. He was commissioned to paint, among others, Lord North, Queen Charlotte and Captain James Cook. buff.ly/lE9GKAj

A half-length painted portrait of Nathaniel Dance. Standing side on looking over his shoulder, he is wearing a velvet-esque red jacket with a furred lapel, a green waistcoat can just be seen, as well as a white tied scarf wide on his neck. He is clean shaven with pushed back thick medium length brown hair.

Portrait of Queen Charlotte, stood in front of stone pillars and a red curtain. She has one hand on a red chair. A table is behind her, with a crown on top. She has pale skin, a grey wig and is wearing a white dress with flowers all over it and gold braid detail on the bust, cuffs and hem.

portrait of Captain Cook wearing captain's uniform, consisting of a blue jacket, white waistcoat with gold braid and gold buttons and white breeches. He has grey hair. He holds his own chart of the Southern Ocean on the table and his right hand points to the east coast of Australia on it. His left thumb and finger lightly hold the other edge of the chart over his knee. His hat sits on the table behind him.

Portrait of Lord North sat in a red chair, with a red curtain backdrop. He wears a grey wig tied with a black ribbon at the nape of his neck. He is wearing a white shirt with lace collar and cuffs, a red jacket and breeches, a blue sash over his chest, and black robes with heavy gold braiding.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Now that it's official, I'm pleased as punch to announce that I'm represented by Perez Literary & Entertainment Agency. Exciting times ahead! www.perezliterary.com/authors/nata... #historysky #booksky #18thcentury

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Is it cake? Or is it an actual dress? The mid #1770s bringing confection to fashion with candy pinks, powder blues and minty greens. It even has little net bells tinkling around the hem, LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A view of the stomacher of a pale pastel shaded 18th century gown embellished with silk floss

A detail of the hem of the striped pastel 1770s dress that shows net and ribbon trimmed bells applied to the skirt

A full length view of the 1770s dress raised à la polonaise in pinks blues and greens

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Thomas Patch, The Golden Asses (1761), Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, Conn. #c18th #c18 #18thc

Large conversation piece of grand tourists (the asses of the title) in a ballroom hung with green silk wallpaper and portraits. Chequeboard marble floor in brown, white and black. Patch has depicted himself at the right, brandishing his palette and brush, astride a life-sized sculpture of a golden ass. In the foreground, a dog plays on the edge of collection of silver and silver gilt vessels placed on the marble floor. The picture is in the reading room at the Lewis Walpole.

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Simone @monalunasimone.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Fashion plate from 1786 showing a woman in a pink Peking caraco with white Peking skirt and bodice. The light coloured ensemble is contrasted by a large black hat topped with white ostrich feathers. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum. #FashionPlateFriday #18thc #dresshistory

Close up of the fashion zoomed in on the (amazing!) pink jacket and hat. Can't remember seeing an 18th century jacket like this in a plate before. Seems like reverted v-shape open front? And then that row of bows, seen on gowns, but on jackets??? Full description from the Rijksmuseum website in second picture.

Woman facing right, wearing a pink Peking caraco, with a white Peking skirt and bodice. Caraco in a new form: cut out at the bottom and trimmed with white ribbon. Skirt and bodice trimmed with pink ribbon. On her head is a straw hat with a thick black crepe soubise around the crown. Decorated with five white feathers. Fichu and chemise. Accessories: elongated earrings, white gloves, and a walking stick. Print from the fashion magazine "Journal des Luxus und der Moden," published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826. Object number: BI-1967-1159A-29

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The value of cloth was such, in the past, that recycling was a regular feature of sartorial life. Silk brocade worn in the 18th century has been completely repurposed here to fit the fashionable silhouette of the #1820s, too precious not to reuse #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A front and back view of a pale blue floral silk brocade dress with high waist and long sleeves that have a puff at the shoulder. It is fuller at the back and has a ruffle at the hem

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Richard White @rhwhite.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A porcelain snuff box with hinged gilt silver mounts manufactured at Mennecy circa 1750. In the shape of a recumbent dog with suckling puppy painted in brown and red and with a spray of flowers on the exterior and interior of the lid. Sweet.

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Several obscured discharge marks on the silver mount.

MEASUREMENTS
Length: 3” (7.6 cm); height: 1 5/8” (4.1 cm); depth: 1 3/4” (4.5 cm).

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Doll's coat of wool lined with silk, made in #London, 1690-1700. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

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Amy Humphries 🌱🌸 @amyjanieh.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Royals are notoriously hard to buy for. What do you get people who have everything? When in doubt, do what Admiral Boscawen did in April 1750 for Frederick, Prince of Wales and get the royal in your life a 476lb tortoise. 🐢 #18thCentury #Hanoverians #Georgians

Newspaper clipping from April 1750 reading: Yesterday, a tortoise weighing 476lb was carried up to Kew as a present from Admiral Boscawen to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I dropped out of GCSE History because my 14-year-old self found the course content so boring and male-centric. Coming back to #History in uni was a revelation. The content of school curriculums really does influence who gets to engage with the past.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

At first glance this appears to be a very conventional robe à la française, a #1750s riot of florals and rococo swirls. Peep closer and you can see that the ribbon motifs are actually leopard print, a trend that never wanes #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Back view of the top half of a 1750s cream silk floral brocade robe a la francaise with the broad pleat running from the back of the neck to the floor. The floral pattern is surrounded by swirls of ribbon motifs

A detail of the fabric of the 1750s gown showing the multi coloured floral bouquets and the leopard print ribbon motifs

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

George III & Queen Charlotte married #OnThisDay 1761. Charlotte's wedding gown was so elaborate and jewel-studded that it tugged down her ill-fitting bodice. Horace Walpole remarked 'the spectators knew as much of her upper half as the King himself.' A fashion disaster! #queencharlotte #18thcentury

'The Marriage of George III' by Joshua Reynolds (1761). A sketched image of a wedding ceremony in a chapel with red and gold hangings. In the middle of the scene stand the bride and groom (George III & Queen Charlotte) wearing white and silver garments. The groom holds the bride's right hand in his right hand, and a minister stands between them. In the foreground of the image, on both sides, stand rows of spectators/wedding guests, also lavishly dressed. The floor is plan and the image is clearly an unfinished work, possibly a preparatory sketch. Now in Royal Collection Trust.

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Dr Natalee Garrett @nemgarrett.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Love these 😍 I've been writing about Charlotte's depictions in visual and material culture during her reign...may have to give these a mention! #queencharlotte #18thcentury

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I do love a pinked edge and a complex sleeve. This is a favourite, the detail of a #1760s lightly sprinkled floral brocade gown, pleated and ruffled in primrose yellow @chertseymuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The sleeve detail of a 1760s primrose yellow brocade gown focusing on the scallop edged pinked cuffs in double layers with pleats on the sleeve and the seams at the back of the bodice and waistband

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Fashion satire is illuminating. It shows those very exaggerations which we find curious today were subject to critique in their own time. Here late 1820s/early 1830s is on show through a blue carriage dress a cartoon by William Heath @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin wearing a blue silk dress with long full sleeves and a broad long skirt. It has a self coloured belt

A fashion satire of a blue dress with huge sleeves and a triangular skirt. She is wearing a beribboned hat

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