Not only does Pasold Research Fund have multiple grants they offer each year for textile and fashion history research. They also have their peer-reviewed journal, TEXTILE HISTORY, that is dedicated to study of textiles and dress history. Find out how to submit your entry down below

Overalls and cap worn #onthisday in 1917 by a woman war worker at the National Shell Filling Factory in Chilwell, UK. #OTD Imperial War Museums

Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the V&A on October 11th! We will be launching Connecting Threads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online: vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3… vam.ac.uk/event/8dwdoL5w…

A cheeky little trompe l'oeil of a frock, by Roberta di Camerino, 1975. #Frockingfabulous #fashionhistory via Artcurial.

Like a bit of vintage 1950s? We also have 1850s on display (and decades in between) this weekend. We are celebrating our 200th anniversary, please join us. We are open from 11 am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday. PS We like dogs

In writing about royal hosiery, I have been researching the life of Ann Birkin, chevener to #QueenVictoria. This meant that she embroidered the queen’s stockings, a colourful royal pair here said to have belonged to #QueenAlexandra c1900 V&A #fashionhistory

Join us for our President's Address on 22 November to hear incoming president Professor Lucy Noakes (Essex) speak on 'War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain'. The lecture will be preceded by our AGM at 6pm and followed by a drinks

The ribbon and button department of a Copenhagen store in 1904. Københavns Museum

Great resource for fashion historians and students. ‘Exhibiting Fashion’ is a growing archive of international fashion exhibitions developed by the Centre for Fashion Curation. The Centre for Fashion Curation is a University of the Arts London Research Centre based at London College of Fashion bit.ly/3ZCO7FB

I have a treat for you all! Here are the 6 outfits that La Galiera Dior showed as examples of reiterations of Dior's 1947 bar suit by subsequent creative directors of Dior. The first is this 1958 "Sultane" dress by Yves Saint Laurent. It has the same hourglass shape but is 🧵

On Halloween, I frequently reflect on the proliferation of ghost stories, myth, folklore, and spiritualism during the First World War. For many reasons - cultural trends, responses to trauma, or coping with crisis - individuals fell back on the spiritual and supernatural world.

“ When a Clown moves into the Palace, he doesn’t become a King, The Palace becomes a Circus” is a Turkish proverb which is worth heeding in the coming days.

We are delighted to welcome our Incoming President this Friday 22 November! 🥳 Join us to hear Prof Lucy Noakes (Essex) speak on memory and WWII at 6pm GMT, either in person in London or online. Drinks reception to follow. All are welcome. Register to attend in person:

The airy pleats of Fortuny’s early c20th delphos dresses might seem better suited to summer but when coupled with one of his stencilled velvet jackets high at the neck and snug at the wrist, it fits a chillier season Museo del Traje, Madrid #fashionhistory

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

The Museum of Costume and Fashion has reopened at the Palazzo Pitti after a four year renovation. It is always a joy to recognise reinvestment in dress and textiles, here a spectacular 1910s Doucet housecoat from their collection Gallerie degli Uffizi #fashionhistory

Call for Presenters! We are looking for presenters for our 2025 conference ‘Shaping Culture through Dress and Textiles’. Deadline for submission is 7th of July. For more details and how to apply see link below. bit.ly/4kbsxyU

News | Pragya Sharma awarded the Textile Society’s Brenda M. King Prize for Critical Writing in Textiles blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordesig…

In this week’s blog, Natalie Raw, Curator of Dress and Textiles at Leeds Museums & Galleries, talks us through their Fashion at Play exhibition at Lotherton. Read now at: costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/fash…

For this year’s DATS conference, Shelley Tobin from National Trust will present their paper ‘Stories from the Stores-online research in practice’ For more details about this year’s programme and how to get tickets see link below. bit.ly/46YW6Rk