Daniel Milco

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.

There's literally no other reason to be in Leicester Square. We gotta save it!

Finished my blog post on #19thc gowns with two bodices! The context turned out to be pretty interesting. 🗃️🪡 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.

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

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.

Well, bugs and frogs. My four books are published by Bloomsbury under the Shire Books umbrella.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

So there could also be an alternative to Insta on the cards? Iiiiiiinteresting.

So this is Bluesky. From my many recent unaccepted follow requests elsewhere (*hem*Meta*hem*), I know it's obligatory to put your bust out there with a pout and random numbers after your handle. Not my usual style, but I'll do my best. 245778438🫖⬅️(s)pout