So sad to learn of the death of the brilliant C. J. Sansom. It doesn’t seem possible that it was twenty-one years ago that his brilliant lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake swept into my life. I’ve spent immeasurable blissful hours lost in his works. Rest in power, Chris.

#InternationalDanceDay , a global celebration of dance, is held annually #OnThisDay . This heavily embellished grey synthetic and net tutu was worn in a 1975 production of Fredrick Ashton’s The Dream, based on A Midsummer's Night Dream, by
Kungliga Operan. Dansmuseet #Dance #dress

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💛 Described by V&A as a robe à l’anglaise retroussée, silk gown lined with linen, Scottish, made 1775-80. Read the full description here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110099/g… #MondayMorning

This is something to celebrate, a new exhibition opening in June OKC Museum of Art dedicated to costume designer Edith Head. Her work featured in movies galore, not least those starring Grace Kelly. This costume worn by Kelly in 1954 Rear Window, Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design

Often overlooked in favor of the dominating “la garçonne” or flapper look of the 1920s, this Robe de Style by Jeanne Lanvin shows another one of the most popular styles of women’s dress during the decade. Read more! fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1920-1929/

Appreciating the value of cloth was taken for granted for much of the #c19th . This luminous floral brocade comes from a much earlier garment of the #c18th but was #refashioned into a different style sometime perhaps half a century later. John Bright Collection #fashionhistory

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Thought you all may get a kick out of this.
I am doing an appearance to discuss Costume Design. Bringing the red dress with me and just finished reworking this sketch.

VERY STRANGE EXPERIENCE!

Portrait of Emma Jane Hodges (c. 1810)

by Charles Howard Hodges (British, 1764-1837)

⁦Rijksmuseum⁩

The sitter was the painter’s daughter.

'Came to see the suffragette medal that I contributed to the fund for. Wish I lived nearer as I would come here regularly. What a fabulous place!' Visitor, Wigan.

If you haven't seen this wonderful exhibition Glasgow Women's Library yet, it's on until the end of May. Don't miss it!

'I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.'⁠

Writer and founder of modern British feminism Mary Wollstonecraft was born #onthisday in 1759.

📍 On display in Room 12 on Floor 3

🎨 Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie, circa 1797 © NPG, London

Bonnet, silk taffeta, probably American, c1860. Via LACMA collections. #bonnet #1860s #dresshistory #fashionhistory

There is still time to sign up for this Sunday’s lovely At Home, a short but cosy interlude and a chance to hear some wonderful c19th dress and textile research

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1930 was a transitional year. Designers’ 1930 collections moved away from the flapper’s boxy shape in an attempt to define the look of the modern woman who must navigate through the Great Depression. fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1930-2/

Just a few of my highlights from the Tate's #SargentandFashion exhibition this morning. It was lovely to bump into a former colleague whilst in the gallery and reminisce about conserving Ellen Terry's beetlewing dress! #fashionhistory #exhibition

British designer John Cavanagh brought all of the rococo flair to this late #1950s evening dress, paniers swooping from either hip and a rosy bow adorning the skirt. It demands a balmy early summer evening with a long cool drink and twilight birdsong on the air Fashion Museum Bath

'Two Girls on a Cliff.' (1917) Laura Knight moved to Cornwall in 1907 and began to paint a series of views of the coast, resplendent with bright colour and lit by radiant summer light.

The series of clifftop and coastal paintings she produced over the latter period of WW1 are…

Cage crinoline, 1868. Victoria and Albert Museum.

Gauzy white puff sleeves feature both in this surviving #1820s dress and a slightly earlier fashion plate, drawing on Gothic fictions and Tudor aesthetics here. Self decorated hems and gathered bodices are replicated too, from image to object KSU Museum #fashionhistory

5 Days until The Exceptional Harold Harvey opens at Penlee House.

A favourite painting with both staff and visitors alike we are delighted to once again have Girls Outside the Gaiety Cinema, Newlyn, 1925 on loan for our upcoming exhibition.