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Café. I feel like the adorable barista with the fashion mullet should have to wear a discreet lanyard that says, “This hair will not work on you.”

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Thank you to Artnet News for profiling my work on hairstyles in art history. My book BEYOND VANITY: THE HISTORY AND POWER OF HAIRDRESSING is available worldwide. #fashionsky #booksky #academicsky news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...

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Duke Press is having a flash sale! For 2 days you can get 50% off using FLASH50 at @dukepress.bsky.social. Now's your chance to get Ugly Freedoms and Orgies of Feeling (before they get burned in the fascist bonfires...)

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Tomorrow! Tuesday, March 18, 5:30pm. See you at the Museum at FIT. Free to all. Share with hairdresser friends. I would love to meet them. #NYCsky #fashionsky #booksky

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Tuesday! You are invited! March 18, 5:30pm: Join me at The Museum at FIT, NYC, for a conversation about the history and power of hairdressing. Free to all. RSVP or just pop in! 227 W. 27th St. #fashionsky #booksky

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An upcoming exhibition at The Met identifies how Chinoiserie grew in parallel with European women’s buying power and contributed to the exoticizing objectification of Asian women and cultures.

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I’m sure there will be some latecomers, but this is basically the end of the #MJMfashionGuide for the Fall 2025 collections. Approx 50 of these completely objective little reviews of shows I liked and/or admired. Thanks for reading. 🩶

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Tomorrow: Join the MIT Press 24-Hour Challenge in honor of the late Muriel Cooper! For our microchallenge, we're raising funds to support the Muriel Cooper Memorial Design Fund and sustain the Press’s storied #design legacy: mit24hourchallenge.mightycause.com/story/Mit-Pr...

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Alexander McQueen, fall 2025 // ermine accessory set, 1890-99 in the Met. Does anyone know if the McQueen is real or fake fur? #fashionsky #booksky

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It's all about the accessories. Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, fall 2025 rtw // fashion plate, 1813. What do you think of the bird cage? #booksky

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Paperback on the runway. I like it, Paloma Wool! #fashionsky

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Happy International Women's Day! Here is the butterfly ball gown by the House of Worth, 1898, in the Met #fashionsky

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Delaware! See you on Tuesday, March 4 at Winterthur Museum. I am honored to be the first speaker in the Research at Winterthur series. Join us to talk hair history! #academicsky RSVP: www.winterthur.org/calendar/res...

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You are invited! March 18, 5:30pm: Join me at The Museum at FIT, NYC, for a conversation about the history and power of hairdressing. Please share with the hairstylists, colorists, salon owners in your world. Free to all. RSVP at link in comments

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You are invited! March 18: Join me at the Museum at FIT, NYC, for a conversation about the history and power of hairdressing. We might just chat a bit about our favorite hairstyles on The Gilded Age show on Max. Free to all. Rsvp at link in comments. See you there! #fashionsky

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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If you are going to launch a book on modernist architects, the only suitable venue really is the Lever House, NYC. Congratulations to Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy on "Women Architects at Work: Making American Modernism." #academicsky

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Timely article on the essential work of university presses by @derekkrissoff in @chronicle.com #academicsky

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Hi folks. Since I have been posting more often, I wanted to reintroduce myself. I am the author of two books on women's fashion and hair history. Available everywhere! Cheers #fashionsky

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Left: Pingat jacket, 1885 in the V&A// top: Altuzarra fall 2025 // bottom: Pabal Gurang fall 2025. The fur dolman jacket by Emile Pingat (Paris) is lined with quilted satin. What do you think? #fashionsky

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News headlines about publishing usually focus on problems! Not the everyday successes that happen outside the spotlight. So I appreciate @derekkrissoff.bsky.social reminding folks in the @chronicle.com: university presses are thriving & making extraordinary books. www.chronicle.com/article/this...

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Excited to have a new piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed (@chronicle.com). I’ve been in so many exchanges with people who’ve never heard anything happy about university presses. So I wrote an essay to share with them.

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Margaret Qualley in Chanel at Critics Choice Awards // Greek marble statue, late 4th century BCE in The Met. Going for the ancient draping vibes. What do you think? #fashionsky

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Ariana Grande in Dior at Critics Choice Awards // cage crinoline, 1850s. Would add a pic of a jellyfish if space allowed #fashionsky

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Angelina Jolie in Elie Saab at the Critics Choice Awards // Edwardian gown, ca. 1905, sold by Augusta Auctions in 2020. What do you think? #fashionsky

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Patron saint of New York Fashion Week? This newly discovered portrait of a woman by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (just after 1800) caught my eye at Christie's. The Grecian hairstyle with jeweled diadem! What do you think? #fashionsky

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If you have attended one of my talks on Gilded Age fashion, then you know I often set the Parisian shopping scene with a painting by Jean Béraud. I was delighted to have a sneek peak at this Béraud painting at Christie's: "Arc de Triomphe: Champs-Elysées," ca. 1882-85. What do you think? #fashionsky

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Drawing by Louis XIII, age 4, August 1606 (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale) #earlymodern #skystorians 🗃️

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A few picks from the "Caspar David Friedrich: Soul of Nature" exhibition at The Met. Opens Feb. 8 #artsky

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Chappell Roan in Jean Paul Gaultier archival dress from 2003 at the 2025 Grammy Awards // Degas, Dancer with a Bouquet Curtseying on Stage, 1878 (Musee d'Orsay). What do you think of the dress designer using Degas as a reference point? #fashionsky

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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.

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Okay, campers, rise & shine, & don't forget your public scholarship ‘cause it’s scary out there. Must be Groundhog Day, as history’s sure repeating, so here’s my 210th #ScholarSunday thread of writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books. Share widely! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

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TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist F/W 2025 // boys' sailor suit, early 20th century. Your thoughts? #fashionsky

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Getting my hair done Coloured line block by Robé c. 1909

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Can an arguably boring hair blowout have political power? I say "yes" in The Guardian #fashionsky

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