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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 10d

Sadly only one frock from the 2020 version of Emma, which had the best Regency costuming of all time imho. Alexandra Byrne, who also designed the costumes for the wonderful 1995 BBC version of Persuasion, got an Oscar nomination for them. Fun fact: she's also done a bunch of Marvel movies! RANGE!

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 10d

Cosprop also did the BBC Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth, the Winslet/Rickman wedding from Sense and Sensibility, and the Fassbender version of Jane Eyre:

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 10d

The curators point out that "Merchant Ivory" virtually became an adjective signifying high-quality costume drama. More goodies from Howard's End and Jefferson in Paris. The Marie-Antoinette court gown is iffy but the blue riding habit is fab--at least from the waist up, where you'd see it on camera.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 10d

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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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · 6d

A reader asks what the M stands for in Frankenstein names, so we talk a little about honorifics in the Regency regrom.com/2025/09/24/r...

Regency Reader Questions: Honorifics and Frankenstein

Moniker/Name: Dot Source of Question: Reg Rom Book Your Question: In Frankenstein, some of the men are addressed by the honorific of M. (eg. M. Waldman), and I was wondering what this was short for…

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 14h

Dear friends of #PalacesandGardens,
I’m very much looking forward to tomorrow’s theme #Myth&Legend and your creative ideas.
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 14h

detail of a costume for the opera Polifemo

a stomacher, brown fabric, richly decorated with paste jewells

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Lina W @linawiren.bsky.social · 16d

More people need to see the amazing work of JaeSuk Kim - Never stop blooming🌸🩰🌺. So inspiring!

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 16d

Fancy dress was a popular diversion in the second half of the c19th. This Mme Elise gown, supposedly representing the c17th but is all #1870s bustle with a nod here and there to predecessors, was made for Emma Hargreaves @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A view of the top half of a yellow silk fancy dress costume with pointed Medici style collar of lace and a small feathered hat. It has ruched sleeves and is trimmed with pearls

Full length front view of the yellow fancy dress with full bustle style skirt and pearl trim

Back view of the yellow fancy dress showing the full bustle style draped skirt, pearl trim and ruched sleeves

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 12d

We rounded off the reporting period by welcoming a guest blog from @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social examining the importance horse-racing played, in particular at Ascot and Newmarket, in forging the first administration of the marquess of Rockingham...
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From Jockeys to Ministers: How Horse Racing Shaped Rockingham’s First Ministry - The History of Parliament

In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, we welcome Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri from the University of Aberdeen, who considers the importance of horse racing

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 19d

'The Embankment' by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)

(Private collection)

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 7d

As a little bonus, here is a thread 🧵 featuring some of the interesting accessories from @museelouvre.bsky.social's Art and Fashion exhibit. One of my favorites was these 1994 Christian Louboutin "Wedgewood" boots. Louboutin was fascinated by Wedgewood porcelain decorative arts, which were noted for

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マル♡ᵕ̈(martini⁸*) @martini8m.bsky.social · 12d

#photography #fotografía
#flowers #nature
#fujifilm #xt5
📷 ִֶָ 𓂃𓈒𓏸❀ᵕ̈*

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Harry Up! @harrydeguo.bsky.social · 4d

Bibliothek im Kloster Amorbach. Im Amorbacher Zopfstil von ca 1795.

Fürstlich Leiningensche Bibliothek Amorbach. Schnitzereien und Wände alles in weiß und damit insgesamt sehr heller Eindruck.
Die Treppen zur Emporengeschoss sind in Fake Bücherregalen in einer(?) Ecke

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 2d

Sunrise over Slioch

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Jennan @jennan.bsky.social · 9d

O glow-worms, with your eager flames..& wandering foolish fires; your gentle lights are wasted in vain..for Juliana has arrived here..& she has so displaced my mind

📘The Mower to the Glow-Worms 1681
✍️Andrew Marvell (English Poet)

🖼️The Glow Worm 1926
🎨Charles M. Relyea (US Illustrator)

#bluemonday

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 2d

Kenji Mori obidome, Japan

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Harry Up! @harrydeguo.bsky.social · 3d

Ein Dahlien Spezial

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

Now open access: BJRL back archive, including special issue on ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’. Check it out.

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 1d

This week, Professor Carsten Timmermann writes on Bulletin 87:1, ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’.

Read the blog post: bit.ly/3KYQL39

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Klaus Herdepe @klausherdepe.bsky.social · 15h

Guten Morgen!
Ernst Joseph Thelott, * 8.10.1802 in Düsseldorf; † 1.5.1833 in Augsburg, war ein deutscher Porträtmaler 🎨 🇩🇪
Porträt einer älteren Frau in Straßenbekleidung und Bonnet, um 1826/27 🖼️
#OTD #ArtHistory #PortraitPainting #BskyArt #History

Porträt einer älteren Frau in Straßenbekleidung und Bonnet, um 1826/27

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 1d

this carriage is driven by bike-power instead of horse-power 🙂

(Stage prop, Centre national de costume et de la scène)

..at the back, there is a bike attached to move the box forward

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 1d

this carriage is driven by bike-power instead of horse-power 🙂

(Stage prop, Centre national des costume et de la scène)

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning

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Holundra 🐌 @holundra.bsky.social · 16d

💎 #lüsterliebe

Lina W @linawiren.bsky.social · 16d

Happy belated #ChandelierSunday from the Ivy!

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 6d

The value of cloth was such, in the past, that recycling was a regular feature of sartorial life. Silk brocade worn in the 18th century has been completely repurposed here to fit the fashionable silhouette of the #1820s, too precious not to reuse #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A front and back view of a pale blue floral silk brocade dress with high waist and long sleeves that have a puff at the shoulder. It is fuller at the back and has a ruffle at the hem

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