Amelia Brookins
@vestiexlibris.bsky.social
Previous Costume Designer, current Library and Information Services. Bibliophile. Dress historian. Shakespeare enthusiast.
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C. S. Lewis said that art has always had to exist in the shadow of something more important. Humans have always created art amidst wars, struggles, and emergencies because they wanted beauty now and didn’t want to wait for perfect conditions that never come.
May 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
C. S. Lewis said that art has always had to exist in the shadow of something more important. Humans have always created art amidst wars, struggles, and emergencies because they wanted beauty now and didn’t want to wait for perfect conditions that never come.
Love this! History unveiling itself 🤓
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Love this! History unveiling itself 🤓
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Reposted by Amelia Brookins
The University of London Press is now accepting for new proposals for short-form books (20,000–30,000 words) on Digital Cultural Heritage on themes of use, access, value(s) and ephemerality uolpress.co.uk/book-series/... #BDCAM25
Digital Cultural Heritage Archives - University of London Press
uolpress.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The University of London Press is now accepting for new proposals for short-form books (20,000–30,000 words) on Digital Cultural Heritage on themes of use, access, value(s) and ephemerality uolpress.co.uk/book-series/... #BDCAM25
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From Shein to Barbour, at any size and any price point in the fashion industry, we are seeing garment workers paid far below a living wage while bosses make millions. The quickest way to slow fashion down is living wages for workers. And organising for it is key! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success
Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
From Shein to Barbour, at any size and any price point in the fashion industry, we are seeing garment workers paid far below a living wage while bosses make millions. The quickest way to slow fashion down is living wages for workers. And organising for it is key! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dr. Strangelove starring Steve Coogan is absolutely brilliant! A great way to start the 2025 theatre journey. #LondonTheatre
January 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dr. Strangelove starring Steve Coogan is absolutely brilliant! A great way to start the 2025 theatre journey. #LondonTheatre
Thrilled, yet humbled, to finally announce that my dissertation is now part of the research collection
@TheAcademy
Margaret Herrick Library.
It is available on site for researchers looking to learn more about #costume rental houses!
@TheAcademy
Margaret Herrick Library.
It is available on site for researchers looking to learn more about #costume rental houses!
November 24, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Thrilled, yet humbled, to finally announce that my dissertation is now part of the research collection
@TheAcademy
Margaret Herrick Library.
It is available on site for researchers looking to learn more about #costume rental houses!
@TheAcademy
Margaret Herrick Library.
It is available on site for researchers looking to learn more about #costume rental houses!
Pleased to share my first published article, featuring in Studies in Costume and Performance!
Costumes as palimpsests: Accumulation of narratives through reuse of costumes in film and theatre
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Book history meets costume design!
Costumes as palimpsests: Accumulation of narratives through reuse of costumes in film and theatre
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Book history meets costume design!
November 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Pleased to share my first published article, featuring in Studies in Costume and Performance!
Costumes as palimpsests: Accumulation of narratives through reuse of costumes in film and theatre
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Book history meets costume design!
Costumes as palimpsests: Accumulation of narratives through reuse of costumes in film and theatre
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Book history meets costume design!
Any other #fashionhistorians trying out the new Bing AI image analysis? It's pretty vague and the sources are not often authoritative (more blogs and Pinterest than museums). Would love to develop a LLM able to use fashion history terminology to analyze images!
November 24, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Any other #fashionhistorians trying out the new Bing AI image analysis? It's pretty vague and the sources are not often authoritative (more blogs and Pinterest than museums). Would love to develop a LLM able to use fashion history terminology to analyze images!
Visiting the Hereford medieval chained library and world map from 1300! Checked off the bucket list! ✔️📚 #bookhistory
November 24, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Visiting the Hereford medieval chained library and world map from 1300! Checked off the bucket list! ✔️📚 #bookhistory