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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 7d

I’m looking forward to joining you next week with a fabulous paper all about #18thCentury fashion, pregnancy and motherhood. #history #pregnancy

IHR Life Cycles seminar @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social · 7d

Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'.
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture

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IHR Life Cycles seminar @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social · 7d

Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'.
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture

www.history.ac.uk

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 9d

Come and join the team!

The Costume Society @costumesociety.org.uk · 29d

We are looking for volunteers to join Events & Conference Sub-Committee to help develop, promote & deliver our visits, events, annual celebration day & online conference.
costumesociety.org.uk/news/item/jo... & reach out to our Sub-Committee Chair, Philip Warren [email protected]
#cossoc25

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 11d

@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 12d

What did #18thcentury women wear when they were pregnant? What did a ‘good’ mother look like? Which fashion was both patriotic and recommended by midwives? For the answers to all these questions join me at the #IHR on 7th Oct archive.history.ac.uk/events/good-...

Duchess of Queensberry dressed as a milkmaid. She wears an apron and simple cap and carries a staff.

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The Costume Society @costumesociety.org.uk · 18d

📢 Session 3 of the Society’s Conference ‘In the Shadow of the Georgians’ 25/10/25 2-5pm with @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social Joanna Jarvis, Sally Tuckett, Javier Gileno Martinez @clairebatt.bsky.social Details & tickets costumesociety.org.uk/conference

Anne Dashwood, later Countess of Galloway oil on canvas, by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1764, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 50.238.2. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ladies of Quality in the Most Fashionable Head Dresses 1788 Courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum. Gift of Mr H Matthews, 1982. Photograph Laura Moore

‘An artist sketching, possibly Paul Sandby, ca.1755’ attributed to Francis Cotes (1726-1770). Courtesy of the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Accession Number B2014.5.42

‘Robe a la Demi Psyche’ Journal des Dames et des Modes Costume Parisien, 26 December 1799.
Private Collection

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The Costume Society @costumesociety.org.uk · 22d

📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations #brunelmuseum.bsky.social on your new display including Marc Brunel’s silver shoe buckle’s beautifully conserved with support from the #CostumeSociety #18thC #eighteenthcentury

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · 22d

I will be talking about ‘good’ mothers and #18thC fashion as guest speaker at the Costume Society’s annual #conference

Ticketing open now

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Anne Dashwood by Joshua Reynolds copyright Met Museum

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 23d

Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

BSECS Annual Conference

BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

www.bsecs.org.uk

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Jun 17

Special blue benches were placed around Sidcup near the hospital so soldiers with facial injuries could sit in peace. Passersby knew an injured soldier might be sitting there.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thank you #V&AEastStorehouse for the exciting opportunity to #orderanobject today. It was a treat and an honour to research this truly beautiful mantua gown in person. #eighteenthcentury @V&AEast

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Jun 3

Yes - #maternitymondays is about social attitudes and culture surrounding maternity clothing and maternal bodies as much as the practicalities.

Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Jun 2

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#dresshistory

Dress of the Year 2021

The Dress of the Year 2021 as chosen by Dazed magazine's Ibrahim Kamara and Gareth Wrighton, is a Giorgio Armani dress as worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS television special Oprah with Me...

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Jun 2

#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present

The Fashion Museum dress of the year 2021 was by Giorgio Armani + worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS tv show Oprah with Meghan and Harry. Meghan was 6 months pregnant, the lotus motif was chosen to represent rebirth.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Oprah Winfrey sitting near a coffee table.

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · May 19

#18thCentury #18thC #motherhood

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · May 19

#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present

Queen Charlotte 1767 by Francis Cotes - In this portrait Queen Charlotte holds her 4th child princess Charlotte while she was pregnant with her 5th child Prince Edward. She wears a white silk sacque gown with lots of gold brocade

Queen Charlotte sits holding her baby daughter. She raises a finger gesturing for quiet as the infant sleeps.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · May 9

Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research.

www.history.ac.uk/events/light...

Lightning Talks

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Apr 30

Looking forward to attending this evening Angela

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Apr 29

ICYMI:

Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!

www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Apr 14

#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present

1921 catalogue of maternity uniforms for nurses. Two dresses on the right have an elasticated waistband, but there is no adjustment to the length of the front hem. None of the models are visibly pregnant.

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · Apr 13

Gilded heels!

pair of shoes, 1870ies

a pair of shoes for women, formerly red velvet (looks brownish now) with gilded embroidery of leafs and flowers, braids of gold-coloured metal thread ... and a wooden heel, painted to look golden

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Anni Shepherd @annishep.bsky.social · Apr 7

This yellow #18thCentury ensemble from the @skmuseo.bsky.social features a delightful #QuiltedPetticoat and was reportedly worn by a newly married woman. It seems fitting to post on a sunny spring day:
finna.fi/Record/museo...

naisten puku; toisen päivän hääpuku; nuorikonpuku

fyysinen kuvaus: Nuttumaisen pellavakorsetilla vuoratun miehustan ja vanuhameen käsittävä puku keltaista taftia (panama/ripsi?). Silkkiin kiinni ommellus...

finna.fi

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Mar 27

Maybe there is. Ever been to The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford?

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Amy Wilson @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social · Mar 24

#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present

Henrietta Maria
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck 1636 pregnant with her 6th child. Her pose emphasises the shape of her maternal body.

Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, pregnant with their 6th child. She wears a yellow dress with black sash.

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