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Pauline Loven

@paulineloven.bsky.social

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Costumier, dress historian and film producer for Crow’s Eye Productions 🌍🌱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇸🇪🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Nov 19

A bit about me - I am a costume historian and Costumier for Crow’s Eye Productions. We have been making dress history films for YouTube for six years, and we have had 106 million views plus. We also make museum films and have just completed a series of dress history films for Bloomsbury.

Queen Catherine Parr and two ladies in waiting walk towards the viewer.

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · 5d

Crow’s Eye Productions latest dress history film, directed by Nicole Loven @nrloven.bsky.social and starring Andreane Rellou. youtu.be/4QR9BnrcNbc?...

Getting Dressed - Anne Boleyn (1533)

YouTube video by CrowsEyeProductions

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yesterday we finished filming a video about the clothing of Anne Boleyn based on the National Portrait Gallery painting by an unknown English artist in the late 16th century, but based on a work of circa 1533-1536. Anne was played by Andreanne Rellou, the photograph was taken by @nrloven.bsky.social

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've been in the UK 3 weeks, and I am shocked at how much Farage, Yousaf, Tice et al are on UK TV screens.
Britain has a serious far-right problem.
The ideology of these fascists has been magnified and platformed to the extreme, it has now gotten dangerously out of control. This is totally insane.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Aug 4

Why do the rich keep getting richer?

Because we tax work more heavily than wealth.

This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change.

Prof Richard Murphy reports

Why are the wealthy so well off?

The accumulation of wealth has been driving inequality for decades. In the first of two articles we explain the injustice of our wealth taxation

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 2

Yorkshire’s inglorious moors and the lies of the land

Yorkshire’s uplands are ecological deserts, drained and burned by big landowners – it’s time to demand restoration over destruction

By David Robson

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Yorkshire’s inglorious moors and the lies of the land

Yorkshire’s uplands are ecological deserts, drained and burned by big landowners – it’s time to demand restoration over destruction

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jul 27

Apart from making films for museums and our YouTube channel (Crow’s Eye Productions), we (@nicoleloven) also do book cover photography for Arcangel Images. This example, Princess Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I, is holding her mother Anne Boleyn’s necklace. #Tudors #Elizabeth1

A close up of a young woman dressed as aTudor princess. Her red silk velvet gown is edged with gold and ruby ooches and pearls. She is wearing a pearl necklace and has in her closed hand the necklace bearing a letter B for Boleyn that once belonged to her mother Anne Boleyn.

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Nicole Loven @nrloven.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our latest video, on the scandalous trouser-wearing women of Victorian Wigan!
youtu.be/gocnzYZ_99c
#history #costume #youtube

Getting Dressed in the 1860s - Pit Brow Women

YouTube video by CrowsEyeProductions

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 30

Here is something we did earlier ( @nrloven.bsky.social) : costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/bl...

Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail: Bringing the history of dress to life

In this week’s blog post, we find out about the Bloomsbury Fashion Central Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail collection of short films, made in collaboration with Crow’s Eye Productions.

costumesociety.org.uk

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 23

His name is JJ and he is almost 18, thoroughly spoilt and super chill - absolutely marvellous with the baby grandchildren. Here he is coming in for an affectionate nose boop.

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 23

Garden, plus cat, both of which bring me joy, and, I hope they bring some joy to you too.

A path leads down the centre of a very green and overgrown garden.

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 22

Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...

Petition: Keir Starmer – Oppose Trump’s war on Iran

Stop Trump Coalition

stoptrump.org.uk

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 18

“The dumps are in an internationally recognised wetland that is home to three species of sea turtle. Local people complain that their fishing nets, waterways and beaches are clogged with synthetic fast-fashion garments exported to Ghana from the UK and Europe”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands

Garments thrown out by consumers from Next, George, M&S and others found in or near conservation areas

www.theguardian.com

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 17

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them

From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild

www.theguardian.com

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Virginia 🏳️‍⚧️ trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · Jun 9

I had no idea this was an issue - had never heard of it before:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot

Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · Oct 23

Mistakes happen! If you forget to insert that one sentence in a paragraph the solution is easy. Just draw a dude in a hood and he will pull the missing text to the right place with a piece of rope!

Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C.

www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...

A figure in a late medieval manuscript drawn on a margin. They are pulling a missing piece of text on a rope and pointing to a place where it should be inserted.

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · Jun 3

“A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

www.theguardian.com

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · May 31

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment.
Have a look at my wares and please repost.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thanks!

Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester

Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.

gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · May 26

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bringing back the birds: the ‘ghost woodlands’ transforming England’s barren sheep fells

A groundbreaking tree-planting programme is uniting farmers and rewilders, as portions of common ground in the Yorkshire Dales national park are being restored to their ancient glory

www.theguardian.com

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Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · May 19

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...

‘Buy less!’: why Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant wants us to stop shopping

The Sewing Bee presenter is a designer and clothing manufacturer who is also fiercely anti-consumerism. He discusses how he balances his beliefs with his business

www.theguardian.com

Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · May 16

Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure. Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in: 👇