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Cassidy Percoco
@mimicofmodes.com
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Fashion/material culture scholar. Collections manager. Author of Regency Women's Dress, 1800-1830. AskHistorians moderator. (she/her)

Links to my blog, newsletter, and Etsy shop: https://cassidypercoco.carrd.co/
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Cassidy Percoco @mimicofmodes.com · Nov 13
A thread for my threads!
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Positive response! Not going to talk about specifics yet but this is Very Interesting and I think a certain segment of historical sewists will be delighted if it actually comes to fruition.
mimicofmodes.com Cassidy Percoco @mimicofmodes.com · 5d
Just sent an email about a possible interesting new project! 🤞 Hope they're into it.
January 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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classicalalan.bsky.social
Watling Street, not far from St Paul's Cathedral, can convincingly claim to be the oldest street in London. It is part of a Roman road that once ran from Dover to Wroxeter and crossed the River Thames over the first London Bridge. #RomanSiteSaturday
A view down Watling Street, and narrow street with brick buildings on either side and some pedestrians walking up it. The street sign for Watling Street on the side of a brick building.
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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septimusreviews.com
I'd like to start a thread of ways to engage/fight/support communities that don't involve watching videos of people being killed by the state.

You can donate to bail funds, like:
mnfreedomfund.org
Minnesota Freedom Fund
Freedom Regardless of Wealth
mnfreedomfund.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
I realise that the proportions of the #1830s are not to everybody’s taste but there is something about the fabric & design of this that I love. The pelerine cape fits perfectly over the ballooning sleeves like carefully constructed modular components, c1839 @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a muted yellow striped silk ensemble with full sleeves, long pleated skirt and short matching pelerine cape Alternative view of the striped yellow silk dress without the pelerine which highlights the tights pleats around the upper portion of the sleeves Back view of the yellow striped silk 1840s ensemble which shows the curve of the matching pelerine cape level with the pleated waist
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
Dressing the Queen includes a chapter on hats. This trio of mid c19th bonnets belonging to Queen Victoria includes straw from the industry around Luton, where women & children plaited straw braids for the plait stalls in the region. Publication in April! @londonmuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A photograph of the back of three straw bonnets, each a different colour and with different coloured ribbons decorating the crown an as bows around the neck A black and white photograph of a straw plait stall in Luton consisting of the straw plaits braided by women and children The cover of my book Dressing the Queen, a composite image of fashion drawings and ephemera connected with royal makers past
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
they made a whole website for people who used to carry their backpacks with one strap only
January 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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andrewhoman.bsky.social
Matilda & Matilda, especially when the one (queen) was chasing the other (empress) past my front door on the Stockbridge Road on 14 September 1141 - an event much under-recognised in Winchester, imho
kateweikert.bsky.social Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 2d
Doing some lecture writing today. Who's your favourite Anglo-Norman elite woman who held power in any capacity? #medievalsky
January 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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cromwellmuseum.bsky.social
This Saturday, drop by the Cromwell Museum to meet our 17th century grocers and discover the new foods that became fashionable in the 1650s, including Ice Cream, Pineapples and Coffee!
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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anyachalina.bsky.social
Infatuation
The artwork shows a room with a big round window and a round glass ceiling above the window space. There are plants next to the window and a round rug in the center of the room with a long ladder placed in the center of the rug. The window and the walls have heavy layered curtains. There are two tall columns on both sides of the window, some rugs on the floor and furniture placed around the room. On top of the ladder there's a girl reaching towards a floating angel who is also reaching towards the girl. On the left side of the artwork, there's a woman looking at two girls who are hiding behind a room divider. An older woman is napping in the chair with a book in her hands. A woman in green is standing next to her holding a monocle in one hand. She is looking up at the girl and the angel. There are two cats in the artwork: one is laying on a chair and one is stretching on the floor. There are three dogs: komondor, a spaniel mix and a dalmatian. Komondor is standing in the foreground, dalmatian is laying on a pillow covered with a blue blanket and the spaniel is standing up barking while looking up. The artwork is detailed and has mostly green and blue palette with some pops of red.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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rebeccadiamond.online
We may be living in the very worst timeline at the moment but hey, I finished my husband’s hat!

Yarn my own handpainted; pattern based on various motifs in Selbu Patterns for my design.

#KnitSky 🧶
A stranded colourwork hat with a doubleknit brim. Colours are a handpainted tonal navy with pops of peacock, and a denim/sage/oak variegate.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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sunypress.bsky.social
How does fashion shape modernity—and how does modernity shape what we wear?

tinyurl.com/9fwmhxvu explores dress and modern life from the 18th to early 20th c., drawing on literature, art, media, and material culture to reveal clothing as an archive of memory, identity, and desire.

#MLA2026 #ReadUP
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
mimicofmodes.com
Writing an inordinate amount. A few years ago I became obsessed with a particular fandom and since then have written 450k words, plus another 100k in personal original projects. I can see the improvement, and FEEL it when I write.
susansavagelee.bsky.social Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 2d
What has helped improve your writing the most? Developing an editing eye for repeated words, plot holes, and missing pieces of some sort #writingq #WritingCommunity
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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joshuaraclaw.com
איצט בין איך די בעט
Orange cat sleeping cozy on a person’s stomach and chest, in the upper right corner of the photo is a blurry crocheted fox
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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shammaiintl.bsky.social
A time to log on and a time to log off;
A time to follow and a time to unfollow;
A time to like and a time to DM;
A time to reply and a time to scroll;
A time to share and a time to block;
A time to post and a time to refrain from posting.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
James Hertle, Sr., was a ship’s carver at Williams’ Shipyard in Dartmouth. He was also a gifted folk artist. His “Black Figure In Dancing Position,” c. 1865, is held by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This walnut picture frame is a much more personal piece.
#novascotia
An ornate, oval-shaped picture frame carved from dark, polished wood. The frame is heavily decorated with high-relief carvings of nature motifs, including a small bird perched at the top center among leaves. The surrounding wreath features various fruits, such as grapes and pears, alongside blooming flowers and textured thistles. The center of the frame is a blank, white oval cutout.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Welcome to our new followers!

Looking for historical inspiration (or distraction)? 150 UK galleries, libraries, archives & museums - all active on Bluesky - are highlighted in this new pack.

Excellent and diverse collections, info about online events, heritage snark and more.

go.bsky.app/Ms7endH
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
mimicofmodes.com
Corresponded yesterday with someone who got a completely bogus identification of a painting from ChatGPT and am wondering again why we're supposed to just accept that this technology doesn't need to either go away or be fitted with much, much more massive guardrails.
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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ingloriousgigi.bsky.social
Part of writing good SFF (especially fantasy and paranormal romance) is that you have to be able to do good research. Good research helps you build better worlds and magic systems.
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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karina42.bsky.social
This wonderful publication on #portrait #miniatures has just been released, featuring 22 articles by specialists from around the world, including my piece on the topic of portrait miniatures as ‘portable dynasties’ within European court culture.

www.imhof-verlag.de/portrait-min...
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
If you're interested in history and culture c. 1300-1700 (more or less), do check out the THREE starter packs of experts in the field who are on here.

If you are an #earlymodern specialist who isn't in one of these yet but would like to be, just let the great @onslies.bsky.social know.
🗃
onslies.bsky.social Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 5d
Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.

Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
'A woman in the public eye is always submitted to a storm of abuse"

95 years ago Ellen Wilkinson, MP for Jarrow, reflected on the 'People who hate me' - the 'anti-flaunters', snobs, women stuck in 'household drudgery' and objectors to 'putting ideas into girls' heads above their station'
Press cutting from 'Pearson's Weekly', 28 November 1931: 'People who hate me: A woman in the public eye is always submitted to a storm of abuse' by Ellen Wilkinson. In the article Ellen Wilkinson describes some of the abusive letters that she had received as a Member of Parliament, including complaints about her "flaunting" herself, coming from a working class background, not being a 'drudge' in the home, and "putting ideas into girls' heads above their station". Document reference: MSS.209/21/1/920.
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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dmercer.bsky.social
Some interior shots from Chicago's Driehaus Museum
Beautiful teal tile covers the top half of one of the walls, above equally beautiful carved wood. Carved wood cabinet with marquetry flowers and foliage. Round brass? fireplace lined with light blue tile. The floor in front is inlaid with decorative stone, possibly marble. Gorgeous Art Nouveau fire place surround made of mosaic tile, depicting trees, vines, and leaves in green and copper with a background of various shades of blue.
January 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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billpusztai.bsky.social
Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland / Germany, Städler Museum, Saint Mark the Evangelist, ca 1448-1451, Andrea Mantegna (probably painted in Mantua)
#art #renaissance #painting
On a red wall a simple carved gilt frame. In it a painting of the saint giving a blessing. He's framed by an archway, and there is a book, and a garland of autumnal fruit and leaves.
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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wordnerdy.bsky.social
I cannot express how obsessed the cats are with this mat that came in their latest meowbox
Orange cat Lexie is sitting on a cloth mat Black cat Davey is laying on the mat but you can barely see it under him
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM