Kate Strasdin
@katestrasdin.bsky.social
Lecturer, dress & textile history. Author of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes. Amateur stitcher
Fellow of the Royal Hist Soc
Fellow of the Royal Hist Soc
Whilst Madame Grès experimented with many different silhouettes and techniques during her long career, she often returned to her trademark style, her fine silk jersey pleats. This is an early #1960s iteration in soft lilac shades @phxart.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Whilst Madame Grès experimented with many different silhouettes and techniques during her long career, she often returned to her trademark style, her fine silk jersey pleats. This is an early #1960s iteration in soft lilac shades @phxart.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Threads of Time: Prints, Textiles & The Tactile Archive.
Forgot to post about this nifty interview with Mia Funk from The Creative Process a while back... Let's call it the first press for my Printing on Fabric show (opening Dec 10!).
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Forgot to post about this nifty interview with Mia Funk from The Creative Process a while back... Let's call it the first press for my Printing on Fabric show (opening Dec 10!).
www.creativeprocess.info/arts-intervi...
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Threads of Time: Prints, Textiles & The Tactile Archive.
Forgot to post about this nifty interview with Mia Funk from The Creative Process a while back... Let's call it the first press for my Printing on Fabric show (opening Dec 10!).
www.creativeprocess.info/arts-intervi...
Forgot to post about this nifty interview with Mia Funk from The Creative Process a while back... Let's call it the first press for my Printing on Fabric show (opening Dec 10!).
www.creativeprocess.info/arts-intervi...
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Cloak made from Liberty’s green & beige figured silk, English, 1890s. Full description & more images via The V&A here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362556...
January 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Cloak made from Liberty’s green & beige figured silk, English, 1890s. Full description & more images via The V&A here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362556...
The retention of vivid hues allows a window into the wearing of a garment that has survived more than 250 years. The #1750s caraco brocade bodice demonstrates the beauty of a supplementary weft allowing the flowers to float above the blue. Sold via #AugustaAuctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The retention of vivid hues allows a window into the wearing of a garment that has survived more than 250 years. The #1750s caraco brocade bodice demonstrates the beauty of a supplementary weft allowing the flowers to float above the blue. Sold via #AugustaAuctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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#PalaisGalliera used this 1880 Worth wedding bodice as an example of the importance of marketing. Labels were still new in the 1860s, before which local dressmakers usually made a person's clothes. However, with increasingly larger Parisian couture houses, clothes started
January 5, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#PalaisGalliera used this 1880 Worth wedding bodice as an example of the importance of marketing. Labels were still new in the 1860s, before which local dressmakers usually made a person's clothes. However, with increasingly larger Parisian couture houses, clothes started
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January 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Considering his mid century influence, there are relatively few surviving garments designed by Jacques Griffe. This is a rare gem, a #1950s black pleated silk faille with a flare of white @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Considering his mid century influence, there are relatively few surviving garments designed by Jacques Griffe. This is a rare gem, a #1950s black pleated silk faille with a flare of white @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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High-quality cashmere 19th century shawl? Yes please! Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
High-quality cashmere 19th century shawl? Yes please! Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Lady with a Red Hat (Portrait of Maggie Wilson) c. 1904
by Frank Duveneck (American, 1848-1919)
Dallas Museum of Art
by Frank Duveneck (American, 1848-1919)
Dallas Museum of Art
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Lady with a Red Hat (Portrait of Maggie Wilson) c. 1904
by Frank Duveneck (American, 1848-1919)
Dallas Museum of Art
by Frank Duveneck (American, 1848-1919)
Dallas Museum of Art
Shared recently by #FIDMMuseum this is about how I feel right now. We rarely get much snow in the South West of England but it is icy outside. With my new hip installed I find I am extra cautious which is why I am looking out at it from the comfort of home! #1910s ensemble #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Shared recently by #FIDMMuseum this is about how I feel right now. We rarely get much snow in the South West of England but it is icy outside. With my new hip installed I find I am extra cautious which is why I am looking out at it from the comfort of home! #1910s ensemble #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Worth also used Tassinari & Chatel's pre-existing patterns, such as the yellow Queen of the Flowers design featured in this 1892 dress. The pattern is available in other shades, such as white (see picture below) and pink. It was based on a design from Madame du Barry's bedroom in Versailles.
January 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Worth also used Tassinari & Chatel's pre-existing patterns, such as the yellow Queen of the Flowers design featured in this 1892 dress. The pattern is available in other shades, such as white (see picture below) and pink. It was based on a design from Madame du Barry's bedroom in Versailles.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Worn #onthisday in 1974 by Vice President Gerald Ford and his ski instructor Dennis Hoeger in Vail, CO. Ford had bought a winter home in the developing ski town in 1970; the onetime college football star took up skiing while attending Yale Law School in the late 1930s. #OTD
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1974 by Vice President Gerald Ford and his ski instructor Dennis Hoeger in Vail, CO. Ford had bought a winter home in the developing ski town in 1970; the onetime college football star took up skiing while attending Yale Law School in the late 1930s. #OTD
Born on this day in 1905, Anna-May Wong was a trailblazing Chinese American actress in the early years of Hollywood when cultural diversity was not very common. She wore this 1934 gown by Travis Banton in the film Limehouse Blues @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Born on this day in 1905, Anna-May Wong was a trailblazing Chinese American actress in the early years of Hollywood when cultural diversity was not very common. She wore this 1934 gown by Travis Banton in the film Limehouse Blues @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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La Vie en rose. Robe de style by the Boué Soeurs, Paris, about 1923, photos my own, collection Designmuseum Danmark. ‘Roses’ by Claude Monet, 1925-26, Musée Marmottan Monet.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
La Vie en rose. Robe de style by the Boué Soeurs, Paris, about 1923, photos my own, collection Designmuseum Danmark. ‘Roses’ by Claude Monet, 1925-26, Musée Marmottan Monet.
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Swinging into 2026 with a chic but sporty set, a favourite ensemble in lemon knitted silk. It is a late #1920s design attributed to Jean Patou, one of the first labels to successfully market the logos as a piece of brand aspiration @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Swinging into 2026 with a chic but sporty set, a favourite ensemble in lemon knitted silk. It is a late #1920s design attributed to Jean Patou, one of the first labels to successfully market the logos as a piece of brand aspiration @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Detail, silk cloak by Revillon Frères, 1919. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
January 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Detail, silk cloak by Revillon Frères, 1919. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Designer Jeanne Lanvin was born on this day in 1867, one of the earliest women pioneers to excel in the business of fashion, joining the Syndicat de la Couture in 1909. This is a rich, jewel like gown, a turquoise gem with a gold trim, early #1930s #fondationazzedinealaia #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 1, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Designer Jeanne Lanvin was born on this day in 1867, one of the earliest women pioneers to excel in the business of fashion, joining the Syndicat de la Couture in 1909. This is a rich, jewel like gown, a turquoise gem with a gold trim, early #1930s #fondationazzedinealaia #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
It is just possible to make out from the light glancing off the surface of the fabric that this is a short cape of deep green silk velvet rather than black. It includes a chin tickling rosette of cream silk chiffon and some vertical lace strips, #1890s #newcanaanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
It is just possible to make out from the light glancing off the surface of the fabric that this is a short cape of deep green silk velvet rather than black. It includes a chin tickling rosette of cream silk chiffon and some vertical lace strips, #1890s #newcanaanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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It’s a shiny new year! Best wishes to you all. Here’s to 2026 🥂
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
It’s a shiny new year! Best wishes to you all. Here’s to 2026 🥂
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
A joyful burst of a ballgown, ruched in rosy silk & the perfect party dress if New Year’s Eve is your thing. It isn’t mine, I am wrapped up in a cosy knit on the sofa but I would like to say a big thank you for your connections this year. Charles James dress, 1953 #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A joyful burst of a ballgown, ruched in rosy silk & the perfect party dress if New Year’s Eve is your thing. It isn’t mine, I am wrapped up in a cosy knit on the sofa but I would like to say a big thank you for your connections this year. Charles James dress, 1953 #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Frost had muted the colours of the landscape this morning on #Dartmoor, cloaking everything in a pale and wintry light. It reminded me of the Regency fondness for a bright underdress softened with a white lace layer. Princess Charlotte dress c1805 #FashionMuseumBath #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Frost had muted the colours of the landscape this morning on #Dartmoor, cloaking everything in a pale and wintry light. It reminded me of the Regency fondness for a bright underdress softened with a white lace layer. Princess Charlotte dress c1805 #FashionMuseumBath #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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"America's First Lady of Shoe Design", Beth Levine, was born #OnThisDay in 1914. She designed these black silk high heels, with rhinestone buckles, for the Herbert Levine label (founded by Beth and her husband), in c. 1954. From the Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
December 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"America's First Lady of Shoe Design", Beth Levine, was born #OnThisDay in 1914. She designed these black silk high heels, with rhinestone buckles, for the Herbert Levine label (founded by Beth and her husband), in c. 1954. From the Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
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🖤 Evening dress by Madeleine Vionnet, France, 1936. Black silk taffeta, demi-train. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/6191...
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🖤 Evening dress by Madeleine Vionnet, France, 1936. Black silk taffeta, demi-train. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/6191...