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Women, women’s history, dress history, art history, books, politics, wine…under a French sky.
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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · Nov 27
Countdown to Christmas 🎁 From 1st-24th December, feast on daily festive posts. Stay tuned.
‘Fête Joyeuse’ evening dress designed by Christian Dior, crimson silk organza, Paris, 1955. Via The V&A, description & more images here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117674...
Crimson silk organza dress designed by Christian Dior, Paris, 1955.
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Hatbox
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/1381892
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Vincente Minetti, 1976
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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All of the bells, bows and whistles were deployed in the fashioning of this ballgown, c1960 by Worth, London. Designer Owen Hyde-Clark created a glittering bodice with hand embroidery and teardrop shaped glistening diamanté with a dramatic belt and bright satin skirt #VandA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A close up photograph of a yelling w satin bodice with narrow satin straps embroidered with gold leaf motifs and teardrop diamanté embellishments An alternate view of the yellow satin ballgown bodice showing the satin strips running from shoulder to waist and a hint of the oversized buckle belt A side by side photograph of the front and back of the yellow satin ballgown. Beneath the broad belt is a long full satin skirt with self coloured bows appliquéd around its circumference
December 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Once more for the haters...
London is #1 graphic.
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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@channel4news.bsky.social It’s crucial to call out Trump’s divisive & offensive remarks. London & Paris are doing fine. I spend time in both on my own, feel perfectly safe.
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Day 9 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this elegant embroidered silk dress. Dating to c. 1908, it was made by Madame Alice Manton Patrick who clearly took inspiration from the styles being produced by the Liberty department store. @jbrightcollection.bsky.social collection. #fashionhistory
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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He’s not the best-known Ladybird artist, but I do love Roger Hall’s depiction of Matilda escaping the siege of Oxford through the snow
On a snowy winters night, Matilda, in long white robes, looks back over the frozen River Thames towards the fire burning on the opposite bank
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
A magazine cover, with a single illustration covering the entire page, and no headlines over the top. A hand illustration -- perhaps watercolors -- shows a snowy day and an empty road heading towards the viewer. In the distance, a cozy christmas tree store surrounded by green trees, some cut and some still standing, with a cozy cabin behind. In the foreground, a jaunty woman with hat and sunglasses and scarf bicycles toward us, with a christmas tree horizontally held on the front rack of her bike and a black scotty dog running alongside. She and the shop and the cabin are all in pastels; pinks and purples and white. Her white scarf and hat match the white snow on the store and cabin. It is a cheerful, jaunty, undaunted tone, and evenly spaced big snowflakes float down over it all. At the top the magazine name, The New Yorker, the date Dec. 19, 1942, and the Price: 15 cents. At the bottom is the signature of the artist, Garrett Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Price
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Day 8 - Leaving the jazz club after an uproarious evening, Josephine and her merry band of revellers happen upon the most awful snarl up of festive traffic. Motor cars are honking and tempers are fraying. 1/2
A mannequin wearing a pink velvet flapper style dress with black and gold stylised floral embellishment at the hem and side of the dress. It has an oversized gold lamé lined knot at the shoulder
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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🎁 Here’s one for the Christmas wish list 🎁
Cartier needlepoint envelope clutch, France, c1930. Via The Museum at FIT here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/7706...
#advent #christmas #gift #bag
C1930 Cartier needlepoint clutch bag patterned with diagonal floral stripes. A brown suede band holds a clear glass ring & jade bar for closure, FIT
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
julieinstitches.bsky.social
🎁 Here’s one for the Christmas wish list 🎁
Cartier needlepoint envelope clutch, France, c1930. Via The Museum at FIT here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/7706...
#advent #christmas #gift #bag
C1930 Cartier needlepoint clutch bag patterned with diagonal floral stripes. A brown suede band holds a clear glass ring & jade bar for closure, FIT
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Day 8 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this vivid evening cape of orange silk, embellished with lace and rhinestones. Designed by Jacques Doucet in c. 1900-05, this garment belonged to American heiress Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Day 7 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this beautiful c. 1905 wedding dress of cream Liberty silk satin that features a lace chemisette, pendant girdle and train. The dress is embroidered with pearls and trimmed with lace and silk fringe. V&A collection. #fashionhistory
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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I found the background to the Etches dress (will post link below) inspiring & wrote my own short story around it 👗
julieinstitches.bsky.social julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · Dec 5
Evergreen and berries.
❤️ Shoe with red Louis heel, 1720-30, V&A
💚 Green silk jersey evening dress, Matilda Etches, c1948, V&A
❤️ Seersucker cotton mini-dress, Mary Quant, 1972, V&A
#Advent
Shoe from 1720-30 with red Louis heel, V&A Green silk jersey full length evening dress designed by Matilda Etches, c1948, V&A Seersucker cotton red mini-dress designed by Mary Quant, 1972, V&A
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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♥️ Ruby red silk faille evening dress, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), France, c1955. Details here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/7342...
Front view of long strapless red silk faille evening dress, lined in pink silk, Elsa Schiaparelli, France, c1955, FIT
February 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Two-piece dinner dress in dark pink/red wool jersey, designed by Claire McCardell, c1950, via The Museum at FIT.
September 24, 2023 at 11:42 AM
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Party tips from Paul Poiret, current exhibition at MAD Paris. Wig, c1914 & ‘Malgré moi’ evening dress, 1919. Photo my own.
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🎶 ‘It was on a starry night’ 🎶
#advent #christmas #star #sparkle
julieinstitches.bsky.social julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · Dec 20
Sparkle 🍸
Cocktail dress, black silk faille with rhinestones & spangles, Saks, 1953
Lavalle evening shoes, 1936, black crepe & silver metallic leather
Museum at FIT
#Advent
Black silk faille cocktail dress with rhinestones & spangles, Saks, 1953, FIT Lavalle black & silver evening shoes, 1936, FIT
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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#FridayFrocks – #SparkleAndShine. This is a typically romantic silk tulle gown of the late 1930s. Black and white Hollywood films added glamour and interest by using glittery, shiny fabrics. These made their way into actual wardrobes as people mimicked their silver screen idols.
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Paul Poiret and the robe-culotte, about 1911. Photos my own via current exhibition at MAD Paris.
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Elsa Schiaparelli evening dress, ‘Ligne de face’ collection, embroidery by Lesage, winter 1950-1. Photo my own.
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Red velvet #1930s dress via New Canaan Museum & Historical Society.
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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It was about time that I got to the Musée Carnavalet for Paris history. The permanent exhibition is free, well worth a visit.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Well this is exciting! Book News klaxon & I am so thrilled to share this beautiful cover of my new book Dressing the Queen: 200 Years of Makers & Monarchy which will be published in April 2026. A huge thank you to #ChattoBooks for this most lovely volume. #aitkenalexander
An image of a book cover Dressing the Queen which features different elements of dressmaking from a fashion sketch to some embroidery and a photograph of a woman spinning silk
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Day 3 - Trudging through the rain, bumping shoulders with other harried Christmas shoppers, Patricia stops suddenly in front of a glowing window. As raindrops blur the long shopping list in her hand, she opens her fingers and lets it drift soggily into a puddle 1/2
A mannequin wearing a red dress with a transparent raincoat over the top belted with a black belt. Her hood is up and she is wearing red rubber rain boots as well as carrying a yellow umbrella
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM