Daniel Milco
@milcod.bsky.social
A betterer bio to come about this curator guy who knows about frocks, social history and general stuff.
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book:
"The Sixties were over."
- Fashion in the 1970s
"The Sixties were over."
- Fashion in the 1970s
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book:
“Feminism has a long and complex relationship with fashion.” #DressedForFreedom
“Feminism has a long and complex relationship with fashion.” #DressedForFreedom
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book:
"Our story begins on the east coast of Italy on a sunny day sometime around the year 430 CE, when artisans entered a small chapel and turned the sky blue." #TheBrightAges @profgabriele.com
"Our story begins on the east coast of Italy on a sunny day sometime around the year 430 CE, when artisans entered a small chapel and turned the sky blue." #TheBrightAges @profgabriele.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book:
"The Sixties were over."
- Fashion in the 1970s
"The Sixties were over."
- Fashion in the 1970s
I hadn't seen this before! So unusual for Givenchy, but when you know that #ElsaSchiaparelli was one of his first employers back in the late 40s, it suddenly makes a lot more sense.
It’s Friday AND it is the end of January which can sometimes feel like a bleak month, so cause for celebration. Givenchy designed this dramatic red gown in the mid 1970s, a surprise of a cut out at the back. Collection unknown if anybody else does?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I hadn't seen this before! So unusual for Givenchy, but when you know that #ElsaSchiaparelli was one of his first employers back in the late 40s, it suddenly makes a lot more sense.
First thing officially released from its storage unit suitcase and put on a hanger in the Frock Room. A c.1965 jacket made out of a fabulous Bernat Klein velvet tweed, where velvet ribbon was incorporated into the weft.
January 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
First thing officially released from its storage unit suitcase and put on a hanger in the Frock Room. A c.1965 jacket made out of a fabulous Bernat Klein velvet tweed, where velvet ribbon was incorporated into the weft.
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Thanks for all the kind messages after yesterday's wobble. 💙
The “Heart Book” from c.1550 is a collection of 83 Danish love ballads collected at the court of King Christian III. It's the oldest known Danish manuscript of its kind, and an early example of the heart signifying romantic love.
The “Heart Book” from c.1550 is a collection of 83 Danish love ballads collected at the court of King Christian III. It's the oldest known Danish manuscript of its kind, and an early example of the heart signifying romantic love.
January 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thanks for all the kind messages after yesterday's wobble. 💙
The “Heart Book” from c.1550 is a collection of 83 Danish love ballads collected at the court of King Christian III. It's the oldest known Danish manuscript of its kind, and an early example of the heart signifying romantic love.
The “Heart Book” from c.1550 is a collection of 83 Danish love ballads collected at the court of King Christian III. It's the oldest known Danish manuscript of its kind, and an early example of the heart signifying romantic love.
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There's literally no other reason to be in Leicester Square. We gotta save it!
oh what the hell? the Prince Charles is at risk because of potential dickhead developers? truly they can fuck all the way off you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's literally no other reason to be in Leicester Square. We gotta save it!
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Finished my blog post on #19thc gowns with two bodices! The context turned out to be pretty interesting. 🗃️🪡
mimicofmodes.com/2025/01/26/t...
mimicofmodes.com/2025/01/26/t...
The Robe à Transformation
On BlueSky, there’s a bot account that uses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s API to auto-post objects from the Costume Institute collection that are listed as open access. (There are qu…
mimicofmodes.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Finished my blog post on #19thc gowns with two bodices! The context turned out to be pretty interesting. 🗃️🪡
mimicofmodes.com/2025/01/26/t...
mimicofmodes.com/2025/01/26/t...
I'm sad about this, but what a long and productive life for a creator who was prolific but at the same time, strangely didn't seem to be talked about much. His work was there, his voice compelling, but it felt like nobody really talked about him.
A long and fascinating read.
Writer, Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Passes Away at 95: www.tcj.com/writer-carto...
January 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm sad about this, but what a long and productive life for a creator who was prolific but at the same time, strangely didn't seem to be talked about much. His work was there, his voice compelling, but it felt like nobody really talked about him.
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On the Usefulness of Long Codpieces
Predictably, my favorite item in the Imaginary Books show at the
#GrolierClub is this codpiece "found" with Panurge's book! #Rabelais #Fiction #WriteWhatYouKnow
Predictably, my favorite item in the Imaginary Books show at the
#GrolierClub is this codpiece "found" with Panurge's book! #Rabelais #Fiction #WriteWhatYouKnow
January 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
On the Usefulness of Long Codpieces
Predictably, my favorite item in the Imaginary Books show at the
#GrolierClub is this codpiece "found" with Panurge's book! #Rabelais #Fiction #WriteWhatYouKnow
Predictably, my favorite item in the Imaginary Books show at the
#GrolierClub is this codpiece "found" with Panurge's book! #Rabelais #Fiction #WriteWhatYouKnow
#Duolingo, for a while now, has been vilely passive aggressive-ableist towards deaf and/or speechless users, only allowing them to disable speaking/listening challenges for 15 minute periods.
It's kinda like a green feathery Baby Jane Hudson mocking Blanche for being wheelchair bound.
It's kinda like a green feathery Baby Jane Hudson mocking Blanche for being wheelchair bound.
January 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Duolingo, for a while now, has been vilely passive aggressive-ableist towards deaf and/or speechless users, only allowing them to disable speaking/listening challenges for 15 minute periods.
It's kinda like a green feathery Baby Jane Hudson mocking Blanche for being wheelchair bound.
It's kinda like a green feathery Baby Jane Hudson mocking Blanche for being wheelchair bound.
I wish the previous owner of my flat had left the user manuals for the heaters they kindly left. Not that the copies I've found online are helping much.
I'll work it out, but ooh, it's exasperating. They keep turning off their warmth after a minute.
I'll work it out, but ooh, it's exasperating. They keep turning off their warmth after a minute.
January 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I wish the previous owner of my flat had left the user manuals for the heaters they kindly left. Not that the copies I've found online are helping much.
I'll work it out, but ooh, it's exasperating. They keep turning off their warmth after a minute.
I'll work it out, but ooh, it's exasperating. They keep turning off their warmth after a minute.
Well, bugs and frogs. My four books are published by Bloomsbury under the Shire Books umbrella.
This is huge - amazon to stop selling Bloomsbury's books at midnight tonight. Especially as my first two books are published by....bloomsbury...
www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...
Amazon UK to stop selling Bloomsbury's books
Amazon UK has said that it will cease selling Bloomsbury’s print and e-books from midnight on 23rd January.
www.thebookseller.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Well, bugs and frogs. My four books are published by Bloomsbury under the Shire Books umbrella.
We are all four of us home, me and the beautiful green ladies. Jean Dessès's c.1958 chiffon pleats jewelled by Maison Lesage had a little peek out of their carrier, while 1937 Vionnet velvet sleeps in its box with a 1930s Ronald Morrel marvel in tender moss silk.
Of course I hand-couriered them.
Of course I hand-couriered them.
January 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We are all four of us home, me and the beautiful green ladies. Jean Dessès's c.1958 chiffon pleats jewelled by Maison Lesage had a little peek out of their carrier, while 1937 Vionnet velvet sleeps in its box with a 1930s Ronald Morrel marvel in tender moss silk.
Of course I hand-couriered them.
Of course I hand-couriered them.
Officially transferring the first pieces of my own collection to my new residence. In a way it's rather appropriate that they are three very, very special green dresses - green for go, for growth and new beginnings, and green for the future.
January 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Officially transferring the first pieces of my own collection to my new residence. In a way it's rather appropriate that they are three very, very special green dresses - green for go, for growth and new beginnings, and green for the future.
Claire B Shaeffer was one of those researchers who went directly to interrogating the object rather than the literature, which gave her amazing insight into the How? of haute couture (there's a book/show title: How? couture).
A genuinely sad loss.
A genuinely sad loss.
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Claire B Shaeffer was one of those researchers who went directly to interrogating the object rather than the literature, which gave her amazing insight into the How? of haute couture (there's a book/show title: How? couture).
A genuinely sad loss.
A genuinely sad loss.
I do wish replying to a reblog on here would go directly to your friend who reblogged it, as sometimes I just want to say something to the person sharing, and it looks like it goes directly as a comment to the original post, excluding your friend.
January 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I do wish replying to a reblog on here would go directly to your friend who reblogged it, as sometimes I just want to say something to the person sharing, and it looks like it goes directly as a comment to the original post, excluding your friend.
We can mute specific keywords, but if @bsky.app somehow works out how to, and then provides the ability to mute specific images, then it will literally change the game even more.
In other words, I'm sick of seeing that pic of that pathetic pasty plop making his compensating-for-something gesture.
In other words, I'm sick of seeing that pic of that pathetic pasty plop making his compensating-for-something gesture.
January 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We can mute specific keywords, but if @bsky.app somehow works out how to, and then provides the ability to mute specific images, then it will literally change the game even more.
In other words, I'm sick of seeing that pic of that pathetic pasty plop making his compensating-for-something gesture.
In other words, I'm sick of seeing that pic of that pathetic pasty plop making his compensating-for-something gesture.
One of the weirdest feelings about moving is realising that once I'm no longer living a life spread around storage units, I'll have so much time in which to do stuff. Research and writing projects and sorting out my own collections of stuff.
January 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
One of the weirdest feelings about moving is realising that once I'm no longer living a life spread around storage units, I'll have so much time in which to do stuff. Research and writing projects and sorting out my own collections of stuff.
Such a wonderful joyous portrait! Extremely high Edwardian style too. The glamorous hat is noticeable of course, but less obvious is the delicate lace that ends the voluminous bow ends, and the subtle refinement of the double tiered cape in a neutral colour. Such a lovely find.
Been spending a lot of time on auction websites looking for Abbéma works and happened across this unexpected oil by Jules Alexandre Grün titled "Blanche," which is new to me. I wonder who she is? That's a fabulous hat!
#arthistory #fashionhistory #skystorians
#arthistory #fashionhistory #skystorians
January 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Such a wonderful joyous portrait! Extremely high Edwardian style too. The glamorous hat is noticeable of course, but less obvious is the delicate lace that ends the voluminous bow ends, and the subtle refinement of the double tiered cape in a neutral colour. Such a lovely find.
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January 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hello new adds! I'm realising the best way to find my friends on here is to track down individuals and then check who they're following to see who I know from the other socmeds.
January 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hello new adds! I'm realising the best way to find my friends on here is to track down individuals and then check who they're following to see who I know from the other socmeds.
I know of Comme's brilliant dating codes, but this one, the tag with the code was cut so neatly that barely a thread showed on the outside, otherwise I'd have gotten an answer much quicker without resorting to Lens. When I knew where to look, I found this tiny strip deep inside the relevant seam.
January 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I know of Comme's brilliant dating codes, but this one, the tag with the code was cut so neatly that barely a thread showed on the outside, otherwise I'd have gotten an answer much quicker without resorting to Lens. When I knew where to look, I found this tiny strip deep inside the relevant seam.
I found a Comme des Garcons jacket in a charity shop a couple months ago. Manually searched for its collection with no immediate joy. Google Lens managed to place it to its exact collection and year with only a quick snapshot to go by, in only a few seconds. It gets you thinking.
January 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I found a Comme des Garcons jacket in a charity shop a couple months ago. Manually searched for its collection with no immediate joy. Google Lens managed to place it to its exact collection and year with only a quick snapshot to go by, in only a few seconds. It gets you thinking.
Placeholder banner pic for now: Balenciaga, Cardin and Courreges pieces from the 1960s on display currently in Adelaide as part of Skye Bartlett's retrospective exhibition of the work of American designer Chester Weinberg
January 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Placeholder banner pic for now: Balenciaga, Cardin and Courreges pieces from the 1960s on display currently in Adelaide as part of Skye Bartlett's retrospective exhibition of the work of American designer Chester Weinberg
Just followed a bunch of dress and textile history accounts. Now ready to rumble. One of the little books what I wrote below (upon a fabulous Italian miniskirt suit from 1967 that has sadly lost its label but I believe it could be by Mila Schön) #FashionHistory #1960sFashion
January 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just followed a bunch of dress and textile history accounts. Now ready to rumble. One of the little books what I wrote below (upon a fabulous Italian miniskirt suit from 1967 that has sadly lost its label but I believe it could be by Mila Schön) #FashionHistory #1960sFashion