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briancentrone.bsky.social
Fashion Historian and Curator specializing in menswear, queer and pop culture, Barbie and Ken, and fashion in pornography. Writer, Editor, Professor. Open for curatorial work, research, writing, and publication opportunities. I also write creatively.
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Who’s Chad and why has he shared this folder with me?

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She knows how to play this game.

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I’ve been very sick, but @historymatt.bsky.social’s book arrived and it instantly made me feel better. I can’t wait to dive in!

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New book announcement! Women Artists & Designers at the National Trust by Rachel Conroy with an introduction by Sandi Toksvig shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist... Spanning six centuries, this book looks at some of the many women artists and designers represented in its vast collections.

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Job alert! Intern, 'Black Fashion' Exhibition Curatorial Research Graduate at the MFA Boston: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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Not me being a stock photo! Opening reception for #FashioningWonder at FIT.

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All well deserved!

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Post Gym Winter Dinner.

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The Review for Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion and Fortune 1870–1900 has been published digitally in Dress, the journal of the Costume Society of America.

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Isn’t it glorious?

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Dead.

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Because I figure we all need a little cheering up — please enjoy this fabulous assortment of 18th century waistcoats! #fashion #dresshistory #18thcentury #Venice

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Found this link in a text message to someone I haven’t chatted with in a bit. Thought it worth sharing for those to may have never seen it. A short video interview/tour with me for Gilding Northeast Ohio. fb.watch/sIa-n3uLUS/?...

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And yet, still single.

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Love when I can add new books to my menswear collection AND it’s applicable to my research.

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Oddly enough, this is the 3rd film where a lead actor has been costumed in a sweater I happen to own. This one is from All Saints and is a major feature in Love Hurts staring Ke Huy Quan.

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I will accept as tribute.

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Here is my current list of accounts to follow for #dresshistory and #textilehistory go.bsky.app/UFrjFze

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A bit of shameless self-promotion for #TheVictorianBookoftheDead a look at the ephemera of Victorian mourning culture, as well as extraordinary tales of Victorian deaths and mourning rituals. Available worldwide.

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Were this to be described in 21st century terms, it would be a ‘co-ord’ in this case of the #1730s variety, a stiffened bodice and matching skirt in bold bright floral brocade #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Camo Ready.

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Shadow & Light

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A private screening on my second viewing of Wicked.

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Happy book unboxing day to me! It's out! Please tell your libraries!

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She’s fashion, even at the gym.

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What are your favourite similes in fiction? I’ll go first: “They kept [Mr Lorry] in a dark place, like a cheese” 🧀 (Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities)

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Gym Day.

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Is Carrie Underwood gonna sing ‘Before He Cheats’ at the inauguration or nah?

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Low-key obsessed with these D&G heels that remind me of Murano glass chandeliers.

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When you open up the Association of Dress Historians news letter and see the dress you want to live the rest of your life in. 😍 “One of the exhibited designs of ‘Balenciaga. Carácter’ at the Museum Cristóbal Balenciaga. Image courtesy of Museum Cristóbal Balenciaga.”

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John Singer Sargent was born #OnThisDay in 1856. He painted this c. 1905 portrait of Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr., depicting her wearing an embellished cream silk satin Jean-Phillipe Worth dress. Sargent took artistic licence with the bodice. Painting Morgan Library and dress MFA Boston. #fashionhistory

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I love a good Cope. Wrote about religious vestments during my MA in Costume Studies at NYU. Always wanted to do more work on the subject.

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Took myself on a date last night to see Better Man and had the theater all to myself - it helps to be the only person around who knows who Robbie Williams is! The film was brilliant. So good. Please go see it.

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Because I can’t get enough of @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social, and this book seemed very apropos. I’d read anything this man writes. And so should you!

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