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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 2d

So much of the design of this early #1930s dress is about a trick of the eye - the trompe l’oeil - created in the illusion of pleats from the placement of the beadwork that covers the entire garment. Designed by Jean Patou it shimmers in pink and gold #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Beaded detail of a pink 1930s evening dress by Jean Patou. The photograph focuses on the gold beaded belt and the illusion of pleats

Full length view of the sleeveless pink and gold beaded evening dress with trompe l’oeil pleats and scoop neckline

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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 10d

Stole
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101877

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 1947

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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 10d

Mitts
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/96967

Gift of Mrs. William Redmond Cross, 1926

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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 12d

Robe de Style
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101119

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Ogden Goelet, Peter Goelet, and Madison Clews, 1962

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

You can find my book on Goodreads. Check each edition and find links to purchase it from Amazon and other sources. Just click this link: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Buchar…

Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this…

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

You can also purchase the book from @bookshop.org by clicking on the link on the NBN page or from here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest

Fashion in Interwar Bucharest

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

You can also visit the podcast I did earlier this year with Prof. Roland Clark for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social (New Books in Eastern European Studies). You can learn more and listen to the interview by clicking this link: newbooksnetwork.com/the-women-of...

Sonia-Doris Andras, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury, 2024) - New Books Network

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

While you’re at it, check out the first academic review of my book on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social by Prof. Mariana Neț here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-f...

The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books

Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

Remember, there’s an exclusive 35% discount when you order directly from Bloomsbury. Just use the code “GLR AT8” at checkout. Find out more and buy the book using the code by clicking this link: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-of-...

The Women of 'Little Paris'

Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this book presents middle-class women consuming fashion in the symbolic 'Little Paris' of interwar Bucharest,…

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

Pre-order from the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social site using this link: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-of-...

The Women of 'Little Paris'

Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this book presents middle-class women consuming fashion in the symbolic 'Little Paris' of interwar Bucharest,…

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 13d

What a great expected birthday present! My monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) will be released as a paperback on 25 June 2026.
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Product details
Published 25 Jun 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781350294493
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustrations 95 bw illus
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Dress Cultures
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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MIA: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture (Bot) @miadecorativearts.bsky.social · 19d

Delft Shoe, one of a pair https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8950/

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 25d

Oh just some ole thing I slung on for an evening in front of the TV, is it a bit too much? Jacques Fath casually (but not really) draping some teal satin over one shoulder that drapes into a stole should a chill descend, mid #1950s @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A long draped evening dress of teal satin. The fabric is gathered over one shoulder and falls into a swoop down the back and loops as a matching stole over the opposite arm. There are self coloured decorative buttons along the bodice

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 28d

Captured mid twirl, Balenciaga’s early #1960s golden gown with its beaded bodice sparkles above the layered silk organza. A swathe of a stole floats about the gown, caught in the act of movement #cincyartmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin caught in the act of dancing. She is wearing a yellow silk organza dress consisting of a strapless beaded bodice and a layered skirt. It has a matching stole of the same sheer fabric

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · 29d

If you had to choose a pie, would you prefer a Listman Pie or a banana terracotta pie?

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

In The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024), Sonia-Doris Andraș examines middle-class women in interwar Bucharest and their consumption of fashion, offering readers a glimpse into a modernising Romania. Mariana Neţ reviews the book.

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The fashionable women of interwar Bucharest - CEU Review of Books

Mariana Neţ reviews The Women of ‘Little Paris’ (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Sonia-Doris Andraș, describing the book as a kaleidoscope of information, providing valuable insights into the country’s nation-bu...

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · Aug 27

The pattern running up and and down the length of this mid #1870s white cotton dress consists of meandering, interlocking blue feathers, drifting silently from head to toe #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin styled as an 1870s lady with a white paper wig in a chignon style. She is wearing a white cotton bustle style dress with ruffles and layers printed with a blue feather pattern in vertical stripes. It has a blue silk sash at the waist. Alongside is a detail of the fabric

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Aug 8

I am so happy and honoured for Prof. Mariana Net's review of my monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts , 2024, @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social) on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social to be mentioned here!

Paula Bardell-Hedley @bookjotter.bsky.social · Aug 2

bookjotter.com/2025/08/02/winding-up-the-week-434/ #AmReading #BookReviews #Books #BookBlog

Winding Up the Week #434

This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features fro…

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · Jul 27

A large part of dress history involves less familiar vocabulary, words that have fallen out of common usage. This lemon sherbet striped dress is made from imberline, a type of woven fabric that was often striped with an extra warp. A sunny c1750 robe a la française #coraginsburg #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The front view of a yellow and white striped silk dress from the mid eighteenth century consisting mainly f a decorative ruched stomacher a matching underskirt and an elbow length mantua it has fine lawn undersleeves

The back view of the yellow and white striped robe a la francaise showing the elongated elbow length sleeve cuffs and the Watteau pleat falling from the back of the neck to the floor

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thank you so much @mneumannuea.bsky.social for the repost!

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · Jul 26

Softly draped and tightly pleated. The contrasts between fabric treatments ebb and flow from the gentle V of the bodice to the minutely pinched smocking at the waist in a blue and white figured silk dating to the late #1840s #kelvingroveartgallery #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Top half of a blue and white figured silk dress showing the softly pleated V bodice, tightly smocked waist and fringed pagoda style sleeves. It has a blue background with white floral pattern

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Jul 25

... the Rockefeller Foundation archives and other overlooked public sources, offering an outstanding contribution to the knowledge in Romanian Studies about gendered negotiations in interwar Romania, informing future research and actions.

Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Jul 25

This paper contributes to Romanian Studies by examining the gender dynamics in professional settings and the subtle sexism that marginalised women in nursing during interwar Romania. It focuses on lesser-known Rockefeller Fellows aspiring to be modern nurses and analyses materials from ...

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Jul 25

... highlighting the trivialisation of beauty and neglect of nurses’ contributions, especially in interwar propaganda. It used an interdisciplinary approach to analyse Rockefeller Foundation records and nursing publications to evaluate perceptions of nurses.

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Dr Sonia D. Andras @soniadandras.bsky.social · Jul 25

... from authorities, highlighting the gendered aspects of women’s work and their impact on emancipation within a patriarchal society. It addressed biases against women and undervalued professions like nursing in Romania, ...

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