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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hi everyone. Just wanted to say that I’m juggling a lot of serious family stuff & don’t have time to post on here. I’ll be back when I can 🙏

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 7h

#OtD 10 Oct 1889 a nationwide wave of schoolchildren's strikes was sparked in East London, when kids from a dozen schools walked out of class and took to the streets waving red flags, and banners emblazoned with "No cane" and "Shorter hours" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8241...

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chertseymuseum.bsky.social @chertseymuseum.bsky.social · 16h

#FridayFrocks – #Green printed cotton dress, c.1860. The colour comes from a man-made dye. The skirt would have been supported by a crinoline cage.

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 17h

The next exhibit I went to was Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast. This was a major exhibit, a rare accumulation of Poiret's works, which made this an exhibition of a lifetime- one of the main reasons I went to Paris this summer. One of the first gowns I saw that stunned me to

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 1d

The memories of these innocent young victims are heartbreaking to witness. Shame on those who abuse the trust of vulnerable young people.

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: A Channel 4 News investigation reveals shocking allegations the author of The Penguin Lessons - a memoir turned into a hit film starring Steve Coogan - abused boys at a school in Dorset in the 1970s

📩 Read the full newsletter from Channel 4 News:
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Exclusive: ‘The Penguin Lessons' author accused of historic sexual abuse

Survivors call on Lionsgate to withdraw Steve Coogan film adaptation and for film royalties to be donated to charities, writes Cathy Newman.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 1d

Silk. About 1840.

I’ve always wanted to MAKE a calash but I have no desire to WEAR one #DressHistory

The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 1d

Calash
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/102650

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Nathalie Swift, 1969

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Please let this peace plan work. At last there is hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Almost 55,000 preschool children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five years

www.theguardian.com

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 1d

Camisole (brand Parisiana), cotton, 1908-10. Via FIDM Museum.

Cotton camisole, 1908-10, front view, FIDM

Cotton camisole, 1908-10, back view, FIDM

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d

Today I return to work after my surgical interlude so what better than a trig & trim #1890s tailormade for professional inspiration. This is an eye catching skirt suit combining sharply constructed blue with some soutache trim & a playful touch of velvet. Wish me luck! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A close up view of the bodies of a mid 1890s blue wool tailormade skirt suit. It has green braid trim and velvet collar

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 1d

Hope it goes smoothly for you today x

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 1d

#FolkloreThursday The Woman in Black was a ghostly apparition dressed like a veiled Victorian widow that haunted towns across the US c. 1860s-1910s. She glided soundlessly in the dark, sometimes attacked people, vanished when cornered, and was thought to be an omen of death or disaster. #ghosts

Mannequin dressed in Victorian mourning dress and veil

Cover of The Ghost Wore Black: Ghastly Tales from the Past

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 2d

Here is another c. 1910 Poiret evening coat with striking contrasting silks. This one with metallic-threaded appliqué lace. It is a kimono or cocoon coat, a loose-fitting, draped outer garment heavily influenced by Eastern cultures. #fashionhistory #ootd #paulpoiret

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 3d

Some midweek glam 🍸
Robe du soir, Jeanne Lanvin, 1933-34, via Palais Galliera, Paris.

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 4d

Ooh! ♥️

The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 4d

Gaming purse
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/97831

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009

julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t think I’ll bother ☹️

julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 6d

It was atrocious. Well danced Alex.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 7d

Petition: Covid-19 bereaved families calling for Michelle Mone to be stripped of her peerage and removed from the House of Lords.

Launched yesterday. Currently standing at 62,732. Let's get it to a million. She has to go.

#MichelleMone
www.change.org/p/strip-mich...

Sign the Petition

Strip Michelle Mone of her peerage

www.change.org

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 9d

Farewell to one of the greats
www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

www.nbcnews.com

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 9d

Hurray! Some justice for victims of this appalling scandal, don’t stop there…

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 9d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 11d

#histnursing WW2 nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi occupied France

Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 12d

Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 11d

Erm..Labour is apparently not a party of protest.

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 11d

Coat by Jeanne Lanvin, 1910-13. Via Palais Galliera.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 12d

London Day 1: Opening day of "Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop" at the Fashion + Textile Museum! John Bright opened up his vault of greatest hits from the costume house behind everybody's favorite period dramas, including my very favorite:

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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 12d

Day dress, Augustine Martin, France, ca 1880. Via Historic Costume Collection, Drexel University.

Navy & brown patterned gown with buttons, France, c1880. Wool, silk & metal, Drexel

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