Brooke Welborn
@mantuamaker.bsky.social
Journeywoman Mantuamaker | Historical Costumer | Workshop Instructor at Burnley & Trowbridge Co | Cat Lover
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Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
April 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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#ElizabethofYork was born #OTD in 1466 and died OTD in 1503. Elizabeth was born to #ElizabethWoodville and #EdwardIV at #Westminster Palace. She had many siblings including the brothers known as ‘The Princes in the Tower.’ 1/
February 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
#ElizabethofYork was born #OTD in 1466 and died OTD in 1503. Elizabeth was born to #ElizabethWoodville and #EdwardIV at #Westminster Palace. She had many siblings including the brothers known as ‘The Princes in the Tower.’ 1/
Nothing like historical street art!
In Leicester, UK.
In Leicester, UK.
February 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Nothing like historical street art!
In Leicester, UK.
In Leicester, UK.
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Vikings arrived there ca 1000 years ago, after all.
January 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Vikings arrived there ca 1000 years ago, after all.
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In keeping with the pink fashion theme I hope you enjoy this lovely early 19th century pelisse that belonged to Lady Glenlyon sister-in-law to the 5th Duke of Atholl #dresshistory #Regency #fashion
January 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In keeping with the pink fashion theme I hope you enjoy this lovely early 19th century pelisse that belonged to Lady Glenlyon sister-in-law to the 5th Duke of Atholl #dresshistory #Regency #fashion
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#OTD in 1457, Henry Tudor, later Henry VII and first Tudor monarch, was born at Pembroke Castle, Wales. 90 later in 1547, his son Henry VIII died aged 55 at Whitehall Palace, London, leaving the throne to his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, the first Protestant-raised monarch
January 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#OTD in 1457, Henry Tudor, later Henry VII and first Tudor monarch, was born at Pembroke Castle, Wales. 90 later in 1547, his son Henry VIII died aged 55 at Whitehall Palace, London, leaving the throne to his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, the first Protestant-raised monarch
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“You can tell what kind of conservative a person is by discovering what year they want to go back to,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “For Trump, it seems to be sometime between 1830 and 1899.”
Opinion | How Trump Will Fail
The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“You can tell what kind of conservative a person is by discovering what year they want to go back to,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “For Trump, it seems to be sometime between 1830 and 1899.”
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@serenadyer.bsky.social & I are pleased to announce a #cfp for our new edited online collection of Reflective Recreations with @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social We seek short pieces of 1k words around recreative practice in dress & fashion history, museum studies & more! See the call & deadline below:
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@serenadyer.bsky.social & I are pleased to announce a #cfp for our new edited online collection of Reflective Recreations with @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social We seek short pieces of 1k words around recreative practice in dress & fashion history, museum studies & more! See the call & deadline below:
So many amazing garments to be auctioned from the Barretto Lancaster Collection. Thankful there are so many good photos of every piece! #dresshistory
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/deta...
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/deta...
January 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So many amazing garments to be auctioned from the Barretto Lancaster Collection. Thankful there are so many good photos of every piece! #dresshistory
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/deta...
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/deta...
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🪡 Unknown.
Evening Dress and matching Spencer, c.1820.
Blue woven silk with silver floral trellis design.
© & collection the V&A musuem
#Fashionhistory
Evening Dress and matching Spencer, c.1820.
Blue woven silk with silver floral trellis design.
© & collection the V&A musuem
#Fashionhistory
January 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🪡 Unknown.
Evening Dress and matching Spencer, c.1820.
Blue woven silk with silver floral trellis design.
© & collection the V&A musuem
#Fashionhistory
Evening Dress and matching Spencer, c.1820.
Blue woven silk with silver floral trellis design.
© & collection the V&A musuem
#Fashionhistory
Here is my current list of accounts to follow for #dresshistory and #textilehistory
go.bsky.app/UFrjFze
go.bsky.app/UFrjFze
January 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Here is my current list of accounts to follow for #dresshistory and #textilehistory
go.bsky.app/UFrjFze
go.bsky.app/UFrjFze
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Spent a fabulous day with part of the 18th-century mantua-making dream team. We’re working on an exciting new collaborative making project with Leicestershire Museums Service 🪡
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Spent a fabulous day with part of the 18th-century mantua-making dream team. We’re working on an exciting new collaborative making project with Leicestershire Museums Service 🪡
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A reflection on the meaning of America for MLK Day. If you need a reminder of a genuine American hero and what it means to work on behalf of a truly great America.
Sunday Musings open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Sunday Musings open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Sunday Musings
Remembering Martin Luther King in the Shadow of Authoritarianism
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A reflection on the meaning of America for MLK Day. If you need a reminder of a genuine American hero and what it means to work on behalf of a truly great America.
Sunday Musings open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Sunday Musings open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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A poem for reflection, 01/20/24: "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes. poets.org/poem/let-ame...
January 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A poem for reflection, 01/20/24: "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes. poets.org/poem/let-ame...
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Today in fun with archives — this delightful condemnation of neoclassical dress "They dislike the Ladies Dress which is said to consist of nothing more than Petticoats & Shoulder Straps" #research #archives #18thcentury #neoclassical #dresshistory
January 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today in fun with archives — this delightful condemnation of neoclassical dress "They dislike the Ladies Dress which is said to consist of nothing more than Petticoats & Shoulder Straps" #research #archives #18thcentury #neoclassical #dresshistory
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Some sayings don't change over time:
(Rijksmuseum)
(Rijksmuseum)
January 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Some sayings don't change over time:
(Rijksmuseum)
(Rijksmuseum)
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Coming up on 7 February, Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University) will give our Medieval Lecture on how women travelled in the medieval world. While our in-person tickets have sold out already, you can still join the lecture online!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1118707587...
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1118707587...
ONLINE:'Dangerous Journeys: Framing women’s movement in the medieval world'
The Royal Historical Society's Medieval Lecture 2025 will be given by Professor Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University).
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Coming up on 7 February, Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University) will give our Medieval Lecture on how women travelled in the medieval world. While our in-person tickets have sold out already, you can still join the lecture online!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1118707587...
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1118707587...
Ready to dive into this new ready by @sethrockman.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Ready to dive into this new ready by @sethrockman.bsky.social
“Jesus didn’t come into the world to save individuals from their personal sins or get anybody to heaven. Jesus was born to defeat the powers and principalities that had set themselves up as gods — and who established their kingdoms and empires in place of the Dream of God.”
Seems like the perfect day to write about Elon Musk and the Virgin Mary.
Because on this final sabbath of Advent, Christians celebrate Throw the Billionaires Out/Send the Rich Away Bankrupt Sunday.
Sunday Musings: Advent 4 open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Because on this final sabbath of Advent, Christians celebrate Throw the Billionaires Out/Send the Rich Away Bankrupt Sunday.
Sunday Musings: Advent 4 open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Sunday Musings: Advent 4
Cast down the mighty
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December 23, 2024 at 1:23 PM
“Jesus didn’t come into the world to save individuals from their personal sins or get anybody to heaven. Jesus was born to defeat the powers and principalities that had set themselves up as gods — and who established their kingdoms and empires in place of the Dream of God.”
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I don’t know who made this but great job
December 23, 2024 at 1:42 AM
I don’t know who made this but great job
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Christmastime in Dr Johnson’s life looked slightly different from how we celebrate the festive period today. Read our Writer-in-Residence Sam Moore-Verity's blog post on Georgian Christmas traditions. From Kissing Boughs and Yule Logs to Plough Monday and Twelfth Night Cakes.
tinyurl.com/yatttx8w
tinyurl.com/yatttx8w
December 3, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Christmastime in Dr Johnson’s life looked slightly different from how we celebrate the festive period today. Read our Writer-in-Residence Sam Moore-Verity's blog post on Georgian Christmas traditions. From Kissing Boughs and Yule Logs to Plough Monday and Twelfth Night Cakes.
tinyurl.com/yatttx8w
tinyurl.com/yatttx8w
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"Our great mistake is that we tie hope to outcome."
Cynthia Bourgeault
Cynthia Bourgeault
May 15, 2024 at 10:29 AM
"Our great mistake is that we tie hope to outcome."
Cynthia Bourgeault
Cynthia Bourgeault
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🪡 Pretty in Pink Hooded CApe & Muff, 1780-1810
Handwoven silk fabric in satin weave edged with fur, lining of silk fabric in double-strand weave in the cape and silk twill in the sleeve, intermediate lining of wool batting, silk ribbon, hand stitching.
Collection & ©️ National Museum of Norway
Handwoven silk fabric in satin weave edged with fur, lining of silk fabric in double-strand weave in the cape and silk twill in the sleeve, intermediate lining of wool batting, silk ribbon, hand stitching.
Collection & ©️ National Museum of Norway
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 AM
🪡 Pretty in Pink Hooded CApe & Muff, 1780-1810
Handwoven silk fabric in satin weave edged with fur, lining of silk fabric in double-strand weave in the cape and silk twill in the sleeve, intermediate lining of wool batting, silk ribbon, hand stitching.
Collection & ©️ National Museum of Norway
Handwoven silk fabric in satin weave edged with fur, lining of silk fabric in double-strand weave in the cape and silk twill in the sleeve, intermediate lining of wool batting, silk ribbon, hand stitching.
Collection & ©️ National Museum of Norway