Bodice detail of a grey satin dress featuring smocking and ruching across sleeve and bodice

A page of the dress diary showing colourful fabric swatches with handwritten notes

Book cover of the dress diary with silhouette of an 1840s lady against fabric swatches

I am looking forward to my guest lecture #nyulondon this afternoon, talking about Anne Sykes and her dress diary, thinking about personal histories of dress and fragmented objects. Here an #1840s dress of the sort Anne may well have worn #augustaauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡