So good to see dress and image united in the collection Glasgow Museums

I so enjoyed talking to Maureen Taylor for her lovely podcast. Reimagining the past in colour is possible when you factor in original garments, bringing all the shades to sepia toned cartes de visite maureentaylor.com/episode-186-fa… 1887 dress The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Today marks the first day of my short stint at Salford Museum. I'm doing a brief audit of their dress collection and it seems they have a fantastic array of 19th century garments 🤤

Online talks programme on Worth that Jenny Lister and I are contributing to V&A @HeritageLincs - tickets here heritagelincolnshire.org/shop/all/ticke… - V&A pieces include collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120116/d… and collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83500/ev…

So looking forward to presenting a paper at the Global Diffusion of Tailored Clothes event this Sat 17 Sept. I’ll be talking about dress strategies of early women mountaineers. This is a rare surviving 1920s ensemble and a photograph of the pioneering Miriam Underhill. MOHAI 1/2

GET YOUR TICKETS 🚨This Saturday is our free online international conference The Global Diffusion of Tailored Clothes for Women 1750 – 1930 with some superb speakers eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-global-d…

V.V. Looking forward to speaking at this on Saturday- I'll be focusing on the importance of Jewish immigrants for the early history of London wholesale couture. Excited as this is research which has only really been possible thanks to the recently released 1921 census.

And we loved having Penny in attendance 💕

Still time to book free tickets for the next At Home this Sunday 21st May!

How did feminist clothing help push the calls for female equality? Listen to our “Dressed for Freedom” episode: bit.ly/PBDressedForFr… #fashion #feminism

I was a recipient of the Yarwood grant many years ago now and it was a huge help for me in funding my research. Don’t forget to apply!

We are excited to announce that our first keynote speaker will be Dr Suzanne Rowland, sharing her wonderful research into the turn of the century Leicester blouse industry #DressDevolution Falmouth University @glassbuttons

It remains a dress history fallacy that women winched themselves into unforgiving stays all day every day. Surviving garments tell more complete stories, pieces like these quilted & embroidered #1730s jumps, the soft waistcoat for wearing at home. Those colours The Burrell Collection

We are very much looking forward to this exhibition!

In October 1887, African American photographer James Presley Ball moved to Helena, Montana and set up his studio J. P. Ball & Son. While there, Ball became involved in Helena's political scene, leading to his nomination for the position of county coroner in 1894, which he

Tickets are now available for ACORSO Research Day at Online, Online on Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 1:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now! ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onlin…

We have an amazing new online event in collaboration with @c19thdressandtextilesreframed highlighting tailoring for women in university teaching collections in the USA. Come join us Sunday 26 Nov, 3pm GMT eventbrite.co.uk/e/715161947637…

On Sunday 25 Feb, Hilary Davidson . and I will be talking all things books and publishing as part of our At Home series of @c19thdressandtextilesreframed. It is online, it is free & we would love you to join us. Link pinned above! Philadelphia Museum of Art