Art and culture historian. Speaker. Author, speaker. GILDED AGE FASHION. Substack: Gilded Age Fashion
New York, NY
Joined February 2009
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I already figured, since they don’t play with my time
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Sunday's Weather Rating: 3/10
What a great day to be indoors. High temperatures reach the upper 40s, but we've got showers and unsettled weather ongoing for almost the entire day. The vibes are very dreary out there!
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Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, was born Princess Dagmar in Denmark #OnThisDay in 1847. She wore this House of Worth purple-brown velvet and silk evening dress, decorated with a pink moire ribbon bow, in the 1890s. @hermitage_eng collection. #fashionhistory
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For @GQMagazine, talked to TV's favorite power couple, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, about the year The Gilded Age blew up, the bonkers horror short they made years before the show and the truth behind the Letts-Coon household's Blu Ray & DVD collection
gq.com/story/the-gilded-ages…
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This year, The Gilded Age met the moment and became a bona fide phenomenon. And as the indomitable Bertha and George Russell, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector took their rightful place as television’s top power couple. gq.com/story/the-gilded-ages…
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They may not stand up to moorland treks or autumnal downpours but I hope the former owner of these boots by Pinet was able to flash her ankles and show off the embroidered panels whilst she walked. Late #1870s @LACMA #fashionhistory
ALT Photograph of a pair of dark midnight blue silk ankle boots with a rounded pointed toe and Louis heels. The boots lace up to the top and the silk is covered with multi coloured floral embroidery
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Morgan and I are honored to be GQ’s Men of the Year!
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If you were a woman in the #1890s trying to avoid other members of her household then a tea gown that blend in with the wallpaper might not be a bad idea. It is all bold voided velvet with a lace yoke in generous proportions, Jean-Philippe Worth @MuseumofCityNY #fashionhistory
ALT A mannequin wearing a purple voided velvet gown with broad skirt and big sleeves. It has a white lace yoke around the neck
ALT Detail of the purple voided velvet gown highlighting the voided velvet pattern and the square of lace around the neck
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TAYLOR SWIFT??!?!? TAYLOR SWIFT IS OOMF???!?! omg TS13 gonna have georgebertha songs on it...
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The cast of Netflix’s ‘THE AGE OF INNOCENCE’ limited series has been announced:
• Camila Morrone as Ellen Olenska
• Kristine Froseth as May Welland
• Ben Radcliffe as Newland Archer
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Had a chat with @ScarlettEHarris over at the BBC about all these recent fashion auctions. You can read it at the below!
bbc.com/culture/article/2025…
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A rippling sea of blue silk has pooled into the folds of this late #1850s gown, the moiré a lake of textured skirt and bodice. Contemporary photographs of women wearing this fabric must always appear in sepia shades but the reality was very different @V_and_A #fashionhistory
ALT The bodice of a bright blue silk moire crinoline style ensemble. It finishes in a point at the waist with broad folds of skirt. It fastens centre front with small brass buttons and has pleated pagoda style sleeves and tassels either side of the centre front
ALT A black and white photograph of a woman wearing a crinoline dress of silk moire
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Welcome home for one unforgettable farewell.
The motion picture event Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is only in theaters September 12.
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"The Gilded Age" just hit another viewership high.
For the third straight week, the HBO drama broke its own record as episode 6 pulled in 4.5 million viewers in three days, up from 4 million for episode 5.
variety.com/2025/tv/news/gil…
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Hey we are slightly closer to Halloween than we were yesterday so time to start making plans. Our Joe's Pub Ghost Stories of Old New York show is already selling pretty well! October 29-31:
publictheater.org/performanc…
