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Elizabeth L. Block art and culture historian
@elizabethlblock.bsky.social
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PhD. Art and culture historian, speaker. Author, GILDED AGE FASHION (preorder now!), BEYOND VANITY, and DRESSING UP. Substack: Gilded Age Fashion
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Elizabeth L. Block art and culture historian @elizabethlblock.bsky.social · 17d
Hi everyone. I am pleased to announce my new book GILDED AGE FASHION! ➡️ Reserve your first edition copy now from your favorite bookseller.
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PSA: Free shipping at @bookshop.org today
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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actually referring to planning notes I wrote before starting to write this novel, please clap
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Louvre to charge 37 USD entrance fee starting Jan. 14. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Louvre to Raise Ticket Prices for Americans and Some Other Foreigners
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November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!

Links here: www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk/publications

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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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There's a 40% discount this weekend on my book 'Street Style' (and a great range of other titles!) in Reaktion Books Black Friday sale.

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November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate.
Day set designed by Sophie Gimbel, USA, c1950. Full details here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/4052...
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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He is risen
The Pillsbury Dough Boy float at the Macy's Parade
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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PSA: Free shipping at Bookshop!
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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📣 Hi everyone. The latest issue of my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter is waiting for you! ➡️ Read for free and please share: open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Why Billionaires Are Having 1893-Style Weddings in 2025
and 2026
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November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Me watching microwave.
Montgomery Clift, plain looking character actor, crossing his arms & slouching slightly looking a bit dazed & a bit bored. Striped Oxford & cuuuuuuuuuuute belt.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Ok I missed the first episode of Ken Burns American Revolution last night because, you know, life, but I’m going to live post streaming it now. Apologies in advance. #KatywatchesAmRev
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Ready for the first Monday in May! Met Gala 2026 theme just announced
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Let’s do next week like this.
Paul Weller, young, in a salmon colored (I repeat, not made of actual salmon) denim jacket with military metals & a sheriff’s badge over a robin egg’s blue jumper (sweater in the US) with a moppy haircut looking sexy af & like he’s daring us to talk to him.
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Since Black Friday seems to have come early this year, if you're shopping for the new paperback edition of Fashion Victims and want a signed, personalized copy, The Huntington's shop can help you out! Just say in the order notes that you want it signed and how. thehuntingtonstore.org/products/fas...
FASHION VICTIMS: DRESS AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XVI & MARIE-ANTOINETTE
A thoughtful, lavishly illustrated, and highly readable account of the fabulous French fashion world in the pre-Revolutionary period This award-winning book, now available in paperback, chronicles one...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Just to clarify--I am using the most common 19th-century spelling--"crape"--for the mourning fabric. I should probably put that disclaimer in any time I use the word because many readers think that it is a misspelling. I'm all about the primary sources and try to use the terminology of the time.
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #NationalButtonDay
Mourning dress of crape and imperial serge, with several rows of buttons, which might have been cloth-covered or of glass molded to look like crape, 1895
Illustration of woman wearing a black dress with large puffy sleeves, trimmed with several rows of buttons. She also wears a ribboned hat. Round button molded to look like mourning crape fabric.
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I'm going to have a nice peaceful day with no bad news if it kills us all.
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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They may not stand up to moorland treks or autumnal downpours but I hope the former owner of these boots by Pinet was able to flash her ankles and show off the embroidered panels whilst she walked. Late 1870s @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Photograph of a pair of dark midnight blue silk ankle boots with a rounded pointed toe and Louis heels. The boots lace up to the top and the silk is covered with multi coloured floral embroidery
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Oh just some old frock I flung on, understated and demure. The house of Worth believed in a statement, both in fabric and construction and this mid #1890s gown is no exception, rich purple with a smattering of gold #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of a rich purple silk gown with gold floral motifs. It has deep purple leg of mutton sleeves and a fitted bodice. The skirt has a long train at the back
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Hi everyone. I am pleased to announce my new book GILDED AGE FASHION! ➡️ Reserve your first edition copy now from your favorite bookseller.
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Hi everyone. Two new issues of my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter are waiting for you. Read for free and please share! open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
October 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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New summer dates for my Joy Goddess book tour! Headed to EssenceFest for a book talk & signing in the Morial Convention Center at 1 pm on 7/5. Hope to see you in DC, Martha's Vineyard, Atlanta, Miami, Indy and Baltimore. More stops to come with details here and on my website www.aleliabundles.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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"A triumph."

Panorama, a journal of @ahaaamericanart.bsky.social‬, reviews "Beyond Vanity," a valuable contribution to the emergent field of hair studies, by art historian @elizabethlblock.bsky.social‬: journalpanorama.org/article/beyo...
Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing - Panorama
Panorama is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication dedicated to American art and visual culture (broadly defined). The journal is intended to provide a high-caliber international forum for…
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July 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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It is easy to decry garments worn by generations past as we occupy spaces of stretch fabrics but women could move more than we imagine. Here an 1873 tennis dress & an active participant in John Lavery’s 1885 painting ‘Played’ offering a different view @chertseymuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A side by side image of an oatmeal coloured long dress decorated with black geometric embroidery alongside a painting of a woman wearing a long white dress playing tennis
July 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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[Slips this into your protest knapsack]
Shiseido sunscreen stick. Pretty amazing for reapplication & like won’t disturb your skincare or, according to my beauty guru Michele Wang, any makeup. I don’t wear make up but I also absolutely support anyone who does. Fine, I have some concealer & I’ll use that on rough mornings. But, like, if you don’t have concealer it’s like; “baby, why do you hate yourself?”
June 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM