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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Monografia mea "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" ( @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social 2024) se găsește la Cărturești (în varianta broșată, evident)! Dacă poate cineva o vede pe vreun raft, să-mi trimită și mie o fotografie, ca să o văd cum îi stă la promenadă!

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Bloomsbury Fashion @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Now available in paperback! @soniadandras.bsky.social combs through diaries, photographs and archives to reveal the story of gender, dress and modernity in Romania and beyond. Get your copy here: bit.ly/4gTPsk3

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What better birthday present than the release of the paperback edition of my @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024 - and now paperback since 25 June 2025!!!). @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Left: Book cover, out now. Right: Product details
Published 25 Jun 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 256
ISBN 9781350294493
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustrations 95 bw illus
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Dress Cultures
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Quite the start to my two-week @circleu.bsky.social mobility at @centremarcbloch.bsky.social ! My first day began with a fantastic and informative talk and conversation with Arjun Appadurai (see the link: cmb.hu-berlin.de/events/can-d...

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Can Diversity and the Social Contract Survive Trump’s Politics? – Centre Marc Bloch

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I am happy to announce that I will begin a two-week short-term research mobility at the @centremarcbloch.bsky.social at @humboldtuni.bsky.social next week. This opportunity is made possible through a @circleu.bsky.social Postdoc Mobility Fellowship.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New publication alert! My article "Romanian Rockefeller Fellows: An Interwar Story" was recently published on the Rockefeller Fellows blog (DOI doi.org/10.58079/16833).

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

On this day in 1929 Audrey Hepburn was born. Her wardrobe, on and off screen, featured many designs by Hubert de Givenchy, embellished treat worn in the 1956 movie Love in the Afternoon. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A strapless cocktail style dress consisting of an embellished bodice with a turquoise silk bow at the wait. It has a white layered puffball style skirt

A photograph of Audrey Hepburn wearing the white strapless dress in the film Love in the Afternoon. She is show leaning against a mirror

Bodice detail of Audrey Hepburn’s costume by Givenchy which focuses on the gold embellished bust section of the dress and the silk turquoise bow centre front of the waist

A black and white photograph of Audrey Hepburn wearing the same couple by Givenchy, this time seated, looking at the camera and wearing long white gloves

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It's so great to see long-term projects taking shape! My upcoming edited book, now titled "The Enduring Influence of Paris Fashion in a Globalised World", will be available from 4 February 2027 with Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Dress Cultures series)!

Screenshot from the link in the future reply to the Bloomsbury page of the book.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I am grateful for the thoughtful review by Alexandra Ghiț of my first monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Dress Cultures, 2024), @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

Excerpt from the book review PDF page on the Journal of Romanian Studies page.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

She looks like a porcelain doll in a smooth blue and white painted dress, perched somewhere on a shelf and sited every so often. She is in fact a heavily embroidered early #1960s ballgown and bolero by Marguery Bolhagen @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin photographed wearing a silvery white and blue sleeveless ballgown with short matching jacket. It is covered all over with blue embroidery and embellishments that are heavier at the hem

A photograph of the blue an white embellished ballgown, shown in this image without the short matching jacket

Back view of the early 1960s blue and white embellished gown showing the fit of the jacket an drape of the skirt from behind

A detail of the blue floral embroidery at the hem of the blue and white embellished gown

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'm so thrilled to have been part of an amazing panel at the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies - BASEES 2026 Conference at the University of Birmingham, chaired by Julia Secklehner. baseesconference.org

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BASEES Annual Conference 26

10 - 12 April 2026, Birmingham, UK

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Publication alert! My paper “Nurse Between the Lines: Romanian Female Rockefeller Foundation Fellows in Medical Professions in-between Innovation and Suppression” has been published in the Yearbook of the »Gheorghe Şincai« Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I am so happy that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2024, Dress Cultures @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ) again on a display at the @aseees.bsky.social 2025 Annual Convention on “Memory”,

Closeup on "The Women of 'Little Paris'"

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I am delighted to share a very recent review of my monograph “The Women of ‘Little Paris’” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ) by Dr Georgiana Țăranu in the latest issue of the “Historical Yearbook”.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Last week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of being part of a fantastic panel chaired by @granttharward.bsky.social, with @manuelaboatca.bsky.social as our discussant, at the @as Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies ( @aseees.bsky.social ) 2025 Virtual Convention.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

So much of the design of this early #1930s dress is about a trick of the eye - the trompe l’oeil - created in the illusion of pleats from the placement of the beadwork that covers the entire garment. Designed by Jean Patou it shimmers in pink and gold #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Beaded detail of a pink 1930s evening dress by Jean Patou. The photograph focuses on the gold beaded belt and the illusion of pleats

Full length view of the sleeveless pink and gold beaded evening dress with trompe l’oeil pleats and scoop neckline

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

What a great expected birthday present! My monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) will be released as a paperback on 25 June 2026. @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Product details
Published 25 Jun 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781350294493
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustrations 95 bw illus
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Dress Cultures
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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

Oh just some ole thing I slung on for an evening in front of the TV, is it a bit too much? Jacques Fath casually (but not really) draping some teal satin over one shoulder that drapes into a stole should a chill descend, mid #1950s @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A long draped evening dress of teal satin. The fabric is gathered over one shoulder and falls into a swoop down the back and loops as a matching stole over the opposite arm. There are self coloured decorative buttons along the bodice

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

Captured mid twirl, Balenciaga’s early #1960s golden gown with its beaded bodice sparkles above the layered silk organza. A swathe of a stole floats about the gown, caught in the act of movement #cincyartmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin caught in the act of dancing. She is wearing a yellow silk organza dress consisting of a strapless beaded bodice and a layered skirt. It has a matching stole of the same sheer fabric

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

If you had to choose a pie, would you prefer a Listman Pie or a banana terracotta pie?

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

In The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024), Sonia-Doris Andraș examines middle-class women in interwar Bucharest and their consumption of fashion, offering readers a glimpse into a modernising Romania. Mariana Neţ reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-f...

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The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books

Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The pattern running up and and down the length of this mid #1870s white cotton dress consists of meandering, interlocking blue feathers, drifting silently from head to toe #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin styled as an 1870s lady with a white paper wig in a chignon style. She is wearing a white cotton bustle style dress with ruffles and layers printed with a blue feather pattern in vertical stripes. It has a blue silk sash at the waist. Alongside is a detail of the fabric

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I am so happy and honoured for Prof. Mariana Net's review of my monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts , 2024, @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social) on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social to be mentioned here!

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A large part of dress history involves less familiar vocabulary, words that have fallen out of common usage. This lemon sherbet striped dress is made from imberline, a type of woven fabric that was often striped with an extra warp. A sunny c1750 robe a la française #coraginsburg #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The front view of a yellow and white striped silk dress from the mid eighteenth century consisting mainly f a decorative ruched stomacher a matching underskirt and an elbow length mantua it has fine lawn undersleeves

The back view of the yellow and white striped robe a la francaise showing the elongated elbow length sleeve cuffs and the Watteau pleat falling from the back of the neck to the floor

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Softly draped and tightly pleated. The contrasts between fabric treatments ebb and flow from the gentle V of the bodice to the minutely pinched smocking at the waist in a blue and white figured silk dating to the late #1840s #kelvingroveartgallery #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Top half of a blue and white figured silk dress showing the softly pleated V bodice, tightly smocked waist and fringed pagoda style sleeves. It has a blue background with white floral pattern

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Even iat the other end of the hybrid screen, I was thrilled to be part of the XI ICCEES World Congress in my beloved London. I participated in a fantastic panel with interesting papers and outstanding researchers on women’s stories from feminism to motherhood. www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...

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XI ICCEES World Congress

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I’m overjoyed the first academic review of my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ), by Prof. Mariana Neț in @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social !

Screenshot of an academic review titled “The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest” by Mariana Neț, published in CEU Review of Books, July 2025. The review discusses Sonia-Doris Andraș’s book “The Women of ‘Little Paris’” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series), focusing on the role of fashion and consumer culture among middle-class women in interwar Bucharest. The page includes the publication date, reviewer name, and summary text.

Screenshot of the CEU Review of Books website showing Mariana Neț’s review titled “The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest”. Below the review, there’s a book cover image of “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” by Sonia-Doris Andraș, published by Bloomsbury in 2024. Book details include page count (256), ISBN number (9781350294455), and a brief note linking the book’s themes to fashion and gender in interwar Romania.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I am thrilled and deeply grateful that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), in their stand at ICCEES 2025 at @ucl.ac.uk.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It will be a good way when I won't have to hear "Pretty Young Girl" on the radio any more...

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Exactly a week ago, I was part of a fantastic panel at the “Voices and Silences: 50 years of the Society for Romanian Studies” (Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 29-31 May 2025) on

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Tocmai s-a publicat un interviu al meu cu Mara Muntean de la Făclia de Cluj despre monografia mea "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest", lansată la conferința "Voices and Silences: 50 Years of the Society for Romanian Studies": ziarulfaclia.ro/femeile-din-...

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„Femeile din Micul Paris”: o conversație cu Sonia-Doris Andraș despre modernitatea feminină în Bucureștiul interbelic - ziarulfaclia.ro

Într-un peisaj academic în care studiile de modă din Europa de Est rămân încă subiecte periferice, cercetarea Soniei-Doris Andraș aduce o contribuție valoroasă. Cartea sa, The Women of ‘Little Paris’:...

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

It was so great to have my first in-person event dedicated to my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), with such a brilliant panel, part of a fantastic conference!

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I am delighted to invite you to a special event. Join me and four fantastic panelists, Anca Filipovici (chair), Irina Livezeanu, Alexandra Chiriac, and Kathryn Caric, on Saturday, 31 May 2025, from 9:40 to 11:00 AM, in Room 203 Schuman,

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I am delighted to announce that I have signed a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing UK to be the editor and contributor for an upcoming edited book titled "The Enduring Influence of Paris Fashion: Adaptation, Negotiation, and Rejection in a Globalised World".

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Monografia mea "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" începe să apară în România în diverse locuri (online deocamdată). Tocmai ce a apărut o pagină inițială și pe Libris (www.libris.ro/the-women-of...!

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Librarie Online. Zilnic ultimele carti noi, promotii si reduceri. Carti pentru fiecare cu livrare din stoc.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

So delighted to announce we have become the new custodians of the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume @falmouthuni. It is one of the largest private collections of historic dress in the UK, including this ruffle hemmed 1820s dress amongst thousands of others. Exciting times #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A long wavy patterned printed cotton dress with ruffled hem and long sleeves

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Fresh out of the press! My article "Fashioning a Debate: Fashion, Gender and Literature in Noblesse de Robe by Marthe Bibesco in Context" has just been published in Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art. Série Beaux-Arts (Issue LXI, Institutul de Istoria Artei, www.rrha.istoria-artei.ro/2024.php ).

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RRHA, Tomes LVII-LVIII, 2020-2021

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Cassandra Quave calls @jaapderoode.bsky.social's Doctors by Nature, "a fantastic read." Check it out: foodiepharmacology.podbean.com/e/doctors-by...

Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes & Other Animals Heal Themselves by Jaap de Roode

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I’m thrilled my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) is in such amazing company! My book was recently included in a post titled “Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars”, published by the Women in Academia Report (WIAReport).

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My book chapter, dedicated to a geographical outline of a small part of echoes about Marthe Bibesco's "Noblesse de Robe" fashionable book of essays with Grasset from 1928, is out now. Also, a thematic take on the prevalent themes in the nobility of dress debate is coming soon!

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I don't know why, but right now, I'm on a bender watching people react to Pavarotti for the first time (all to the same video in the link below, Nessun Dorma in 1994), and for some reason, it's strangely therapeutic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWc7...

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Luciano Pavarotti sings "Nessun dorma" from Turandot (The Three Tenors in Concert 1994)

YouTube video by Warner Classics

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