Amy Wilson
@amywilsonstorey.bsky.social
18thC clothing for pregnancy @UniofExeter | @Costume_Society | public history | museums | project management | FRSA http://Amywilsonstorey.com
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Amy Wilson
@amywilsonstorey.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello lovely new followers! You can find more about my research re Clothing and pregnancy in #18thCentury Britian here amywilsonstorey.com
Looking forward to this 😃
Join us next Wednesday 19 Nov from 5:30pm either online or in Room 828 of the Institute of Education to hear @helenesfandiary.bsky.social present her paper on ‘The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England’
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England
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November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Looking forward to this 😃
Reposted by Amy Wilson
NOT LONG NOW!
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
Early Bird Registration for #BSECS2026 closes on the
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
***15 NOVEMBER 2025***
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
BSECS Conference Registration
Registration for the BSECS Annual Conference is now open. Please use the form below to register for the conference.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
NOT LONG NOW!
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
Don't forget to register this week for early bird prices
#BSECS2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
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I’ll be speaking about the very object featured below - the Le Vacher machine - and how mothers in Georgian England used devices like it to 'straighten' children’s bodies. #HistMed #MaterialCulture #MedicalHumanities #18thCentury
Less than a month to go until our free online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900*. Friday 5 December from 10am GMT. Tickets available through this link!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’ll be speaking about the very object featured below - the Le Vacher machine - and how mothers in Georgian England used devices like it to 'straighten' children’s bodies. #HistMed #MaterialCulture #MedicalHumanities #18thCentury
Join me tomorrow for the #18thcentury conference of #cossoc25 As guest speaker I will be talking about cleanliness, virtue, fertility and women’s fashion.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Join me tomorrow for the #18thcentury conference of #cossoc25 As guest speaker I will be talking about cleanliness, virtue, fertility and women’s fashion.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
The @costumesociety.org.uk online conference starts in just under 1 hour. We will be focusing on aspects of dress in the #18thcentury beginning with our highlight speaker @fourredshoes.bsky.social tickets still available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
In the Shadow of the Georgians - From the Jacobite Rising to Waterloo
The Costume Society’s Annual Conference 2025 will focus on all aspects of dress from what we know in Britain as the Georgian period
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October 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The @costumesociety.org.uk online conference starts in just under 1 hour. We will be focusing on aspects of dress in the #18thcentury beginning with our highlight speaker @fourredshoes.bsky.social tickets still available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
What a beaut! Congratulations @fancyhistorian.bsky.social I can’t wait to read it! #18thcentury
It's not Masquerade Monday, BUT! 'The Masquerade: A History of Extravagance and Intrigue' is now available for pre-order & you can get 25% off through Friday!
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If you think Bridgerton will be juicy, just wait til you get your hands on this 😏🤫 #18thc
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If you think Bridgerton will be juicy, just wait til you get your hands on this 😏🤫 #18thc
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
What a beaut! Congratulations @fancyhistorian.bsky.social I can’t wait to read it! #18thcentury
I can’t wait for our big Georgian conference to start next week! 🤗 ticket details below … #cossoc25 @costumesociety.org.uk #18thCentury
📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525
October 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I can’t wait for our big Georgian conference to start next week! 🤗 ticket details below … #cossoc25 @costumesociety.org.uk #18thCentury
Reposted by Amy Wilson
We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs.
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful.
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️
I’m looking forward to joining you next week with a fabulous paper all about #18thCentury fashion, pregnancy and motherhood. #history #pregnancy
Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'.
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture
www.history.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I’m looking forward to joining you next week with a fabulous paper all about #18thCentury fashion, pregnancy and motherhood. #history #pregnancy
Reposted by Amy Wilson
Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'.
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture
www.history.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'.
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
Details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Come and join the team!
We are looking for volunteers to join Events & Conference Sub-Committee to help develop, promote & deliver our visits, events, annual celebration day & online conference.
costumesociety.org.uk/news/item/jo... & reach out to our Sub-Committee Chair, Philip Warren philip.warren@leics.gov.uk
#cossoc25
costumesociety.org.uk/news/item/jo... & reach out to our Sub-Committee Chair, Philip Warren philip.warren@leics.gov.uk
#cossoc25
September 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Come and join the team!
What did #18thcentury women wear when they were pregnant? What did a ‘good’ mother look like? Which fashion was both patriotic and recommended by midwives? For the answers to all these questions join me at the #IHR on 7th Oct archive.history.ac.uk/events/good-...
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What did #18thcentury women wear when they were pregnant? What did a ‘good’ mother look like? Which fashion was both patriotic and recommended by midwives? For the answers to all these questions join me at the #IHR on 7th Oct archive.history.ac.uk/events/good-...
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📢 Session 3 of the Society’s Conference ‘In the Shadow of the Georgians’ 25/10/25 2-5pm with @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social Joanna Jarvis, Sally Tuckett, Javier Gileno Martinez @clairebatt.bsky.social Details & tickets costumesociety.org.uk/conference
September 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
📢 Session 3 of the Society’s Conference ‘In the Shadow of the Georgians’ 25/10/25 2-5pm with @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social Joanna Jarvis, Sally Tuckett, Javier Gileno Martinez @clairebatt.bsky.social Details & tickets costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Reposted by Amy Wilson
📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525
Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference
Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525
Congratulations #brunelmuseum.bsky.social on your new display including Marc Brunel’s silver shoe buckle’s beautifully conserved with support from the #CostumeSociety #18thC #eighteenthcentury
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Congratulations #brunelmuseum.bsky.social on your new display including Marc Brunel’s silver shoe buckle’s beautifully conserved with support from the #CostumeSociety #18thC #eighteenthcentury
I will be talking about ‘good’ mothers and #18thC fashion as guest speaker at the Costume Society’s annual #conference
Ticketing open now
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
Ticketing open now
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I will be talking about ‘good’ mothers and #18thC fashion as guest speaker at the Costume Society’s annual #conference
Ticketing open now
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
Ticketing open now
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...
Reposted by Amy Wilson
Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
Thank you #V&AEastStorehouse for the exciting opportunity to #orderanobject today. It was a treat and an honour to research this truly beautiful mantua gown in person. #eighteenthcentury @V&AEast
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thank you #V&AEastStorehouse for the exciting opportunity to #orderanobject today. It was a treat and an honour to research this truly beautiful mantua gown in person. #eighteenthcentury @V&AEast
#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
The Fashion Museum dress of the year 2021 was by Giorgio Armani + worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS tv show Oprah with Meghan and Harry. Meghan was 6 months pregnant, the lotus motif was chosen to represent rebirth.
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
The Fashion Museum dress of the year 2021 was by Giorgio Armani + worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS tv show Oprah with Meghan and Harry. Meghan was 6 months pregnant, the lotus motif was chosen to represent rebirth.
June 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
The Fashion Museum dress of the year 2021 was by Giorgio Armani + worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS tv show Oprah with Meghan and Harry. Meghan was 6 months pregnant, the lotus motif was chosen to represent rebirth.
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
The Fashion Museum dress of the year 2021 was by Giorgio Armani + worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for the CBS tv show Oprah with Meghan and Harry. Meghan was 6 months pregnant, the lotus motif was chosen to represent rebirth.
#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
Queen Charlotte 1767 by Francis Cotes - In this portrait Queen Charlotte holds her 4th child princess Charlotte while she was pregnant with her 5th child Prince Edward. She wears a white silk sacque gown with lots of gold brocade
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
Queen Charlotte 1767 by Francis Cotes - In this portrait Queen Charlotte holds her 4th child princess Charlotte while she was pregnant with her 5th child Prince Edward. She wears a white silk sacque gown with lots of gold brocade
May 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
Queen Charlotte 1767 by Francis Cotes - In this portrait Queen Charlotte holds her 4th child princess Charlotte while she was pregnant with her 5th child Prince Edward. She wears a white silk sacque gown with lots of gold brocade
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
Queen Charlotte 1767 by Francis Cotes - In this portrait Queen Charlotte holds her 4th child princess Charlotte while she was pregnant with her 5th child Prince Edward. She wears a white silk sacque gown with lots of gold brocade
Reposted by Amy Wilson
Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research.
www.history.ac.uk/events/light...
www.history.ac.uk/events/light...
Lightning Talks
www.history.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join us next Wednesday (14 May) in room 243 of Senate House or online for our annual Lightning Talks event. This is our seminar’s flagship event where we hear rapid-fire three minute presentations from early-stage PhDs about their dissertation research.
www.history.ac.uk/events/light...
www.history.ac.uk/events/light...
Reposted by Amy Wilson
ICYMI:
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century
www.history.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICYMI:
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
1921 catalogue of maternity uniforms for nurses. Two dresses on the right have an elasticated waistband, but there is no adjustment to the length of the front hem. None of the models are visibly pregnant.
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
1921 catalogue of maternity uniforms for nurses. Two dresses on the right have an elasticated waistband, but there is no adjustment to the length of the front hem. None of the models are visibly pregnant.
April 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#MaternityMondays
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
1921 catalogue of maternity uniforms for nurses. Two dresses on the right have an elasticated waistband, but there is no adjustment to the length of the front hem. None of the models are visibly pregnant.
#maternalbodies #pregnancyclothing past + present
1921 catalogue of maternity uniforms for nurses. Two dresses on the right have an elasticated waistband, but there is no adjustment to the length of the front hem. None of the models are visibly pregnant.
Reposted by Amy Wilson
Gilded heels!
pair of shoes, 1870ies
pair of shoes, 1870ies
April 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Gilded heels!
pair of shoes, 1870ies
pair of shoes, 1870ies
Reposted by Amy Wilson
This yellow #18thCentury ensemble from the @skmuseo.bsky.social features a delightful #QuiltedPetticoat and was reportedly worn by a newly married woman. It seems fitting to post on a sunny spring day:
finna.fi/Record/museo...
finna.fi/Record/museo...
naisten puku; toisen päivän hääpuku; nuorikonpuku
fyysinen kuvaus: Nuttumaisen pellavakorsetilla vuoratun miehustan ja vanuhameen käsittävä puku keltaista taftia (panama/ripsi?). Silkkiin kiinni ommellus...
finna.fi
April 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This yellow #18thCentury ensemble from the @skmuseo.bsky.social features a delightful #QuiltedPetticoat and was reportedly worn by a newly married woman. It seems fitting to post on a sunny spring day:
finna.fi/Record/museo...
finna.fi/Record/museo...