#Ootd is this 1959 Jacques Heim evening dress. It was apart of the cecil Beaton Collection. Beaton, famous fashion, society photographer, and overall personality. collected outfits from designers and the elite for his collection, which he exhibited in 1971. #Fashionhistory

Love someone back. Molly Brodak

Pop culture related writing klaxon, friends! Send them what you’ve got; I know I will be! ✍🏻💛

Forget Cool@forgetcool.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's time! We can't wait to see what you have in store for us 👀 forget.cool/submissions/

I think she may have just seen the taciturn and generally unfriendly Captain Hartfield emerging in some state of undress from a quick dip in the river and is now reevaluating her life choices. In the meantime she has stolen his towel. Early 1820s gown #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

truly an all-timer, a titan in sitcom history. R.I.P.

Joe Adalian@tvmojoe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've lost a legend: James Burrows, one of the greatest sitcom directors in TV history, has passed away at the age of 85, per People magazine.

Jessica Hagedorn

“Never let fear put your dreams to sleep.” Very cool of Stevie Wonder to deliver this one sentence sermon today.

Bill Knott wishing you a creatively fecund Thursday

Today's #ootd is this 1956 Balenciaga evening dress (pics 1 & 2). It is remarkably similar to Dior's 1957 "Du Berry evening dress (pic 3). In fact, I thought this was Du Berry at first. Was Dior's a copy? inspired? a reflection of bigger trends? Who knows?🤷‍♀️ #Fashionhistory

Bringing the sunniest of shades to the sharpest of pleats, Mme Grès immediately recognisable in the arrangement of the tiny folds and soft drape. It is an early #1970s silk jersey evening dress cascading in buttercup yellow #fondationazzedinealaia #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

New earworm unlocked / definitely the #BestSongHeardToday; thanks @daftlass90s.bsky.social! 😊🎶

Joshua Jackson and Paul Anthony Kelly came to the Bruno Cucinelli dinner in Florence to model very fine Italian suits and make poor accessorizing choices tomandlorenzo.com/2026/06/josh...

Joshua Jackson and Paul Anthony Kelly Attend Brunello Cucinelli Dinner at Pitti Uomo in Florence - Tom + Lorenzo

And now, a little feature we like to call Cute Boys With Great Hair in the Finest Italian Suiting. Joshua Jackson and Paul Anthony Kelly got themselves

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We're starting a journal! We're looking for ideas for pieces that we can fold into the proposal that will go to an interested press, with the hope that if the press take the journal on we'll starting publishing in 2028. #smellstudies #sensorystudies #smellhistory #smells

Smell Studies Journal@smellstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Call for Papers for the Smell Studies Journal

It's finally happening!

“Pick me up, walk me home / And it feels like God threw me a bone / Sticky sweet, tangerine / Would you sit and keep me company?” The more I listen to you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, the more I find myself loving “honeybee.”

Olivia Rodrigo - honeybee (Lyric Video)

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Translation Tuesday! Very simple one: "Hat of crepe. Gown of levantine trimmed with self-fabric flounces." From the Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1818. hub.catalogit.app/search/genes... 🗃️🪡

Good news x2, RIVALS already renewed for season 3 and when it comes back in November for the back half of season 2 it will be the winter holidays in Rutshire (no, really; Dame Cooper was not a subtle author), with Bonfire Night, Christmas and New Year's celebrations on deck youtu.be/OYvaLbU34xQ?...

Rivals Season 2 Continues | Teaser | Disney+ UK

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Telly Visions@tellyvisions.org · 2mo ago

#Rivals fans rejoice! Season 3 is coming!

715 #IndieBookstores signed up to participate in this year's #BookstoreRomanceDay on August 15. How many more can we add in the next two months? bookstoreromanceday.org/participatin...

Find a Bookstore

Every independent bookstore that has signed up to participate in Bookstore Romance Day 2026 thus far. If you don’t see your favorite, encourage them to join us! A link to the registration for…

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Beauty School Dropout forever. 💇🏻‍♀️💅🏻🎭🎶

Beauty School Dropout (From “Grease”)

YouTube video by Frankie Avalon - Topic

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Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 2mo ago

what’s your favorite song from Grease? 🎵 The film was released in theaters on this day in 1978.

This is a performance for the AGES.

Jack Lynch@jacklynch000.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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American fashion and portrait photographer Irving Penn was born #OnThisDay in 1917. He photographed model Anne St. Marie wearing a James Galanos silk paisley print evening dress with bead embroidery and gilt thread for the October 1957 edition of Vogue. @metmuseum #fashionhistory

Rivals has been renewed for season 3, SEXY SAINTS BE PRAISED! deadline.com/2026/06/riva...

‘Rivals’ Renewed For Season 3 At Disney+

'Rivals' Season 3 is coming to Disney+ & Hulu - the Jilly Cooper adaptation stars David Tennant, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer.

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Goodnight. The Bridge of Sighs, John Everett Millais.

I love outfits that are reminiscent of old theatre costumes of mine, and this stunner is absolutely one of them! 🎭👗❤️

Kate Strasdin@katestrasdin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This has just a hint of the green dress from Atonement, a garment that seemed to capture the imagination of movie audiences so that it has lived long in the memory. This #1930s ensemble with matching jacket was designed by Alfred Lenief #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

American fashion photographer and painter Lillian Bassman was born #OnThisDay in 1917. She photographed model Barbara Mullen at The Ritz in 1949, modelling a Dior black silk faille dress and black wool hat. Hat from the Met Museum collection. #photography #fashionhistory

For Vogue, I talked to Ramell-Correen Frederick, aka Cheeks, who embroidered Knicks gear in the streets of Brooklyn after Game 5. He uses a 104-year-old hand-crank, chainstitch embroidery machine that he named Jessica.

The New York Artist Embroidering Knicks Merch on the Street

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Sometimes an ordinary hand shaped glove just isn’t enough and so you have to go for a fuchsia silk super glove instead, complete with extravagant sheer drapery. Schiaparelli applied her love of exuberance and a shocking colour in this #1950s design #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡