The full article: "Simulacra in Silk: Haraway’s Cyborg, Performative ‘Femininity’, and the Aesthetics of the Automaton on the Margiela Runway,” from Fashion Theory (2026) is here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #DonnaHaraway #CyborgTheory #JudithButler #Baudrillard #Margiela #JohnGalliano
Here I read my article “Simulacra in Silk: Haraway’s Cyborg, Performative ‘Femininity’, and the Aesthetics of the Automaton on the Margiela Runway,” published in Fashion Theory (2026). The article examines Maison Margiela’s Artisanal 2024 runway show by John Galliano
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“Terrestrial Paths and Restored Memories: Art, Craft, and Collective Histories at MUAC”
My lecture examines the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) in Mexico City as a vital site for understanding contemporary art in Mexico and Latin America.
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Thank you!❤️
My overview is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhX5...
My review article: "Dressing for the End of Time: Nihilism, Ritual and Nietschze, in Rick Owen’s Temple of Love: The Palais Galliera. Has just been published in Textile: Journal of Cloth & Culture:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Thank you Erin!
He didn't even have that person holding up the "1 minute" sign written in highlighter...
My visual culture Roundup which includes #badbunny #superbowl #heatedrivalry #dragrace #bridgerton and fashion! youtu.be/_EwErogpOH8?...
My thoughts on #HeatedRivalry which I loved, and what I see as the broader impacts of this very #Queer show #lgbtq youtu.be/oVvQws6TbTs?...
Brigitte Bardot has been fined for racism multiple times, she called muslim immigrants "filthy", she openly supported the far right like few other celebrities in Europe. She was not "controversial," she was a hateful homophobe, racist and bigot.
Rick Owens frock coat and Hermès circus tie for my Last Dance talk tonight! I will have books for signing with me as well
Giving a talk tonight in Toronto! Last Dance: The Lost Legacy of 70s LGBTQ+ Fashion Icons"
Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm. Free Times Cafe. 320 College Street. Soluble Fish Lecture Series.
#Halston #WayBandy #ScottBarrie #Disco #Fashion #FashionHistory #Makeup #Lgbtq #queerhistory
Canadian Fashion Economies by Mark Joseph O'Connell is a re-examination of Canadian cultural and commercial history, told through the key fashion objects from First Nations, colonial, and contemporary Canadian culture.
Canadian Fashion Economies by Mark Joseph O'Connell is a re-examination of Canadian cultural and commercial history, told through the key fashion objects from First Nations, colonial, and contemporary Canadian culture. From @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #Canada #fashion #history
Mazel tov to Chloë Grace Moretz and Kate Harrison, who married over the weekend. Vogue reports that Moretz wore a Louis Vuitton gown that has me frothing with anticipation for the long-awaited return of my favorite historical bridal fashion trend: the "bridal blue" or "celestial blue" wedding dress!
A group of about 50 women and 5 men arranged outdoors in 4 rows. The first row of 10 women is seated. Everyone else is standing, all in front of a dark colored clapboard mill building fitted with closely set 6 over 6 windows. One window is open. Large text is painted on the building. The text that’s visible reads “TTING MILLS” The women are all quite young, some just barely in their teens. Many of the women wear light colored blouses with elbow length sleeves and long dark skirts. Several of the women are wearing large coverall aprons. The 3 men at the center back appear to be wearing work clothes. A young man on the left wears a waistcoat and jacket but no collar or tie. An older man on the right wears a waistcoat over a light shirt worn with a tie and a stiff collar. He is looking to his right (possibly trying to spot the person who just giggled)
For #LaborDay I’d like to share this photo of picture day at the knitting mill. Thought to be Pennsylvania, about 1905
Researching at the AMNH in NYC this week. The collections workers are so dedicated and knowledgeable as always. Northwest Coast First Nations galleries at the American Museum of Natural History are beautiful and thoughtfully designed. The power of the objects in the spaces is palpable. @amnh.org
A photo of the felt hat
WOW! A 2,000-year-old felt hat intended to keep #Roman soldiers cool in the heat of the desert of Egypt has been painstakingly brought back to life.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
🏺 #archaeology
Mood ...
Jorgensen wears an off-the-shoulder ball gown with a fur-trimmed neckline, lace overlay, and voluminous chiffon skirt with a choker necklace, large earrings, and glam makeup.
Worn #onthisday in 1954 by Christine Jorgensen--a former American GI who, two years earlier, had become the first person to openly undergo sex reassignment surgery--at her hotel in London, where she was embarking on a variety-show tour to capitalize on her controversial fame. #OTD 📷 Getty Images
A view into the tomb, showing various pottery vessels
A view into the tomb, in the background archaeologists at work
New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization.
news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
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Wordsworth and Coleridge at the Coldplay gig
This organza dress from Iris Van Herpen’s couture show yesterday is amazing
Video via Vanessa Friedman at the NYT (Twitter handle VVFriedman)
A woman with short hair holds a sign reading 'I Am Your Worst Fear I Am Your Best Fantasy"
Donna Gottschalk, 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day March. Photo by Diana Davies, found in Diana Davies NYPL collection.
Tom Doerr and Marty Robinson cuddle on the floor next to an American flag
Tom Doerr and Marty Robinson during Gay Activists Alliance sit-in at Governor Rockefeller's office. Photo by Diana Davies. Photo found in Diana Davies Collection at NYPL.
A three-row necklace made up of over 500 beads, primarily crafted from limestone and jet, arranged in a horseshoe shape against a black background. The beads are irregularly shaped and strung closely together.
Fashionable some 6,000 years ago: a stunning Neolithic three-row necklace from Sachsenheim, dating to around 4,000 BC. This remarkable piece, which comprises more than 500 limestone and jet beads, is a witness to both craftsmanship and style.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
#Archaeology 🏺
What a good year for the roses...
Happy Dalloway day!
