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monalunasimone.bsky.social
Simone
@monalunasimone.bsky.social
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Studying history at the University of Amsterdam.
Interests: gender history, dress history, 18th century, French Revolution.
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mimicofmodes.com
In response to frequent discourse about Bernadette Banner, I went over her corset myths video and found that ... it's actually fine and completely in line with historical scholarship. 🗃️🪡 www.tumblr.com/mimicofmodes...
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💬 4  🔁 2  ❤️ 9 · Is Bernadette Banner right about corsets? · There's this attitude I see pop up periodically on this website that Bernadette Banner is a total sham who dupes people into believing t…
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February 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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sylvanasimons.bsky.social
Vrouwen die aandacht vragen voor hun structurele onveiligheid moeten dat wel gezellig en beleefd doen, anders is het ‘niet leuk’ voor mannen.

Voor veel mannen is ‘niet leuk’ zo ongeveer het ergste dat ze kan overkomen.
willemschrier.bsky.social Willem Schrier @willemschrier.bsky.social · 4d
Ik ben het helemaal met Fons eens.
Ik weet dat er heel veel witte mannen van boven de 50 klootzakken zijn en en het is niet leuk om alsmaar te horen dat je dan waarschijnlijk niet deugt.

Misschien wordt het niet zo bedoeld maar het komt soms wel zo over en dat is niet leuk.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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nataliescholz.bsky.social
"The suppression of gender studies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself."
(Joan W. Scott)

Amen to that.
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
Elegant young man from the Palais-Royal in an English style coat, round hat à la Jacquet and English boots. Galerie des Modes et Costumes Français, 1786. From the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc
18th century fashion plate that is a picture within a picture: an image of a fashionably dressed man in a frame and surrounded by garlands of greenery and dark pink draped fabric. The man is wearing: a black hat, a long, dark pink coat with green lapels, a waistcoat with colourful horizontal stripes, white trousers, black and yellow boots. The image is surrounded by various male fashion accessoires. At the top: the hilt of a sword, a black hat decorated with a black cockade, and whip (I think it is??). At the bottom: another black hat, a pair of black boots, and another sword hilt peaking out from behind the boots. The caption at the bottom of the plate reads: Jeune Elégant du Palais Roïalen lévite Angloise à revers garnie de boutons ovales eu acier avec les poches garnies de la même façon; il est coeffé d'un chapeau rond à la Jacquet avec un noeud de ruban en cocarde, et en bottes anglaises. Provenance The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to MFA 1944. Accession Number 44.1652 Link: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/354873/gallerie-des-modes-et-costumes-francais-50e-cahier-de-costu?ctx=5c957ed5-9916-4b81-9e01-5b0bf65271ed&idx=3
February 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
Fan with a darling little image of a fashionably dressed lady playing the harp. I love the hat! #18thc #dresshistory
Detail of an 18th century fan. Depicted is a fashionable lady playing the harp. She wears a bright pink gown with a white petticoat. The neckline is filled in with a white fichu. On her coiffed hair sits a huge, wide brimmed blue hat, decorated with white plumes and a long piece of transparant white fabric hanging from the brim.
February 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
Some amazing details on this coat and waistcoat. Look at those buttons and the embroidery! Exquisite. #dresshistory #18thc
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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rijksmuseum.bsky.social
This touching, intimate portrait was created near the end of Jean-Etienne Liotard’s first stay in the Netherlands. Portrayed here is the 65-year-old grandmother of his Dutch bride, Marie Fargues, whom he married in Amsterdam in 1756.

👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108457
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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pvenemadrenthe.bsky.social
#VandaagGemaakt in de Drentse #natuur. Wat een heerlijk lentegevoel vanochtend met de ooievaar - Ciconia ciconia - weer terug op het nest. #vogels 🪶
Ooievaar - Ciconia ciconia - staat op het nest. Het sneeuwt en het nest en de boomtakken op de achtergrond zijn bedekt met een wit laagje.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
The subtlety of whitework always intrigues me. The level of artisanship, the tiny stitches, only for it to blend into the background makes it more special, a secret to be enjoyed by the observant or overlooked by those in search of more obvious splendour. Gown c1800 #VandA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A mannequin styled in a Regency fashion wearing a white muslin empire style dress with white floral embroidery and long sleeves A detail of the high waited bodice of the white muslin dress focusing on the whitework embroidery Partial view of the skirt of the earl c19th white muslin dress that shows how the whitework embroidery continues down the skirt
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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historicivertellen.bsky.social
In de grote Kerk in Alkmaar is tijdens de opgraving erg veel textiel gevonden. Bij een begraving was de overledene alleen gekleed in bovenkleding. Een damasten vest met rode halsdoek en een jas.
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
After nearly three weeks I was expecting to get an email saying the book wasn’t available, but it actually arrived! And it’s absolutely gorgeous and filled with images, a lot of which I wasn’t familiar with before. #dresshistory
Cover of the book ‘Pretty Gentleman. Macaroni men and the eighteenth century fashion world’ by Peter McNeil Page on the left side showing a black and white engraving of a fashionable dressed 18th century man and woman. The woman is blinded by the man’s shiny costume. Page on the left side shows the contents of the book. Page showing an 18th century plate of a fashionably dressed man, the figure surrounded by other male fashion items: different kinds of buckles at the top and different waistcoats at the bottom.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
There is no shying away from a bold pattern here, a #1770s silk robe à la française glowing in blue with the creamy floral pattern across the surface. It is easy to see why textile design was so highly prized with such an expanse of cloth. Whittaker Auctions, #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Partial view of the back of a 1770s blue a cream floral robe à la francaise. There is gathering around the neck and sleeves then the top of the deep watteau pleat centre back of the neckline Back view of the 1770s robe à la francaise which shows how broad and voluminous the skirt and Watteau pleat is
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
"Nee! Niet te veel keuzes en geen afwisselend werk, dan raak ik in de war."
Hmmmm.... herkenbaar
imawhale.bsky.social Mikal is coming to the cottage @imawhale.bsky.social · 9d
Ik blijf maar gillen om deze sketch uit Klokhuis over autisme.

"Hersenvariatie cowboy, hersenvariatie"

youtu.be/-Qeed00q4rQ?...
Alle hersenen werken anders | Cowboys
YouTube video by Het Klokhuis
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February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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k8lister.bsky.social
Save money on expensive Valentine’s Day presents this year by creating insurmountable emotional barriers, hyper independence, and ultimately dying alone.

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February 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
Plate from Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 2 septembre 1803 (Year 11), showing various hairstyles, bonnets and other fashion accessoires. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #19thc
Text at top of plate: An 11. Costumes Parisiens. (496) Text at bottom of plate, numbers corresponding with different hairstyles and accessoires depicted on plate: 1. Capotes en taffetas et Rubans de Paille 2. Coeffure ornée de Perles 3. Turban 4. Corsages 5. Garnitures rabattues en demi Voile 6. Capote d’Organdie 7. Voile sur une Tête Fondue 8. Coeffures de fantaisie
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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middeleeuwen.bsky.social
HILDEGARD VAN BINGEN | Deze week hebben we het met dr. Dinah Wouters uitgebreid over het lange leven en de werken van Hildegard van Bingen!

Nu overal te beluisteren 🎧! Links ⬇️

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Eerste miniatuur uit de Scivias-codex uit Rupertsberg: de schrijvende Hildegard en Volmar in beeld.
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
Natuurlijk komen goudhaantje én vuurgoudhaantje tegelijkertijd een bezoek aan mijn tuin brengen de dag ná de nationale tuinvogeltelling.
February 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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frockflicks.bsky.social
Why do so many historical movies & TV shows only use mud for dye? We're asking for #SnarkWeek on FrockFlicks.com at buff.ly/bjlzfwU

#HistoricalCostume #HistoricalMovie #CostumeDrama
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January 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
The satin rouleaux that trim many an #1820s evening dress are so beautifully chunky. They represent so much labour, hand making the long robes of satin before applying them in loops around the sleeves and hem #MarylandHistoryCenter #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Full length view of a pale blue and white striped silk gauze dress with long skirt and short puff sleeves. It has white silk satin rouleaux decorating the sleeves an hem in large intertwined loops with more satin trim across the bodice and a satin ribbon belt Bodice detail of the 1820s striped silk gauze dress that shows the placement of the sarin applied on the bodice and looped around the sleeves Hem detail of the 1820s striped silk gauze dress that shows how the large padded loops of satin decorate the bottom of the skirt
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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weirdmedieval.bsky.social
oh to be that one monk at the monastery with 50 anatomically accurate native bird species on lock....
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
Ik wil dit boek zó graag hebben want het is een combinatie van al mijn special interests op dit moment: mode in de late achttiende eeuw, queerness and masculinity. Maar ben bang dat ik bericht ga krijgen dat deze niet leverbaar is. En anders kost het me €50, maar voor dit boek heb ik het over.
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
we lost David Lynch a year ago today (and in the time since, I've seen "fix your hearts or die" on more protest signs than ever before). what I wrote at the time:
“Fix Your Hearts or Die”: David Lynch’s Work Has Always Been Deeply, Powerfully Queer
The filmmaker was so much more than just an influence on his legion of LGBTQ+ fans.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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foliacivitatis.bsky.social
‘Covid heeft ons laten zien wat het belang is van fysieke samenkomst binnen de academische gemeenschap. Zonder ontmoetingen in de fysieke ruimte kan zij niet bestaan. Zonder campus voelt een opleiding als een online cursus.’ www.folia.nl/nl/opinie/17...
UvA: neem publieke waarden mee in je vastgoedstrategie!
www.folia.nl
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 AM
monalunasimone.bsky.social
6kg cabbage ➡️ 8kg kimchi
(that took nearly 5 hours of hyperfocus, I am dead now, but content)
kimchi ingredients including: 5 napa cabbages, korean radish, scallions, carrot A shitload of kimchi
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM