Katy Werlin

Fashion & textile historian focused on the interplay of politics, philosophy, & design in the long 18thC. Also a costumer, performer, & lover of sparkly things.

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

Please someone tell me that Tom Stoppard is writing a play about this whole Kate Middleton thing. Lie if you have to.

[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

Also bonus points for a focus on country life of the gentry rather than life in the city!

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

Any Victorian Britain scholars amongst my followers? What are some good books about daily life in Victorian England? Looking specifically at the early 1870s so bonus points if it’s more focused on that part of the era.

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Help! Have you seen anything like this before and if so, can you tell me more? These birds are made of silk threads pasted down onto fabric and then cut out and put onto paper. They are from the 1850s at the latest but our hunch is much earlier. Thank you!

[David DeWeil @daviddeweil]

Trader Joe’s needs a checkout lane just for introverts

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

I am ✨living my truth✨ OK?! #whichismostlyrococoartandSondheim #makeofthatwhatyouwill #myfriendloveditfortherecord

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

Friend, seeing my house for the first time: So all your family photos are just taped to the fridge but you’ve got like 30 nicely framed 18th-century art prints and TWO different autographed pictures of Stephen Sondheim on your walls. God you are so flipping on brand for yourself.

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

@fallofasparrow @SydneyTheatreCo Of course she designed this! I should have known. One of my all-time favorite costume designers, her work is just extraordinary. Her costumes for David McAllister’s Sleeping Beauty still knock me down flat. So jealous you got to experience her artistry up close!

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

(I work in HR, it’s a meeting about state-mandated sexual harassment prevention training. No need to call Dateline! 😂😂)

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I glanced at my phone to check how cold it is outside and was helpfully reminded that I have a new episode of @nosuchthing to listen to and a meeting at 1…………… 👀👀

So that’s my day!

[Richard III Soc CA @RichardIIICA]

It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! (Verdun, Bibl.mun., ms 0107, f. 008)

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

One of the many awesome things about Halloween in Japan is the annual "Mundane Halloween" costume contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz

The goal is to dress up like some mundane, everyday situation.

Here is a thread of my favorites from this year!

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Japanese halloween is great for many reasons, but one of the greatest is the annual "mundane halloween" contest hosted by website @dailyportalz, where people dress up like mundane, everyday things.

Here is a thread of some of my favorites from 2020...

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Japan has given us so many great things. One of the greatest is the annual "Mundane Halloween" contest run by website @dailyportalz, as well as people who submit their own on twitter.

The point is to dress up as something super ordinary.

Here are some of my favorites this year!

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Mundane Halloween is back!

Japan does Halloween better than anyone, but best of all is the annual "mundane Halloween" contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz.

The point is to dress up as something super ordinary.

Here are some of my favorites from this year...

[Kevin Daly @kevinddaly]

Jack's Mother in Into the Woods:

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Admiring this set of doors at the Casa Comalat, a private house in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona, designed in 1911 by the young modernist architect Salvador Valeri i Pupurull

[Amanda @Pandamoanimum]

In tribute to the wonderful Angela Lansbury, I thought I'd share this thread again.
https://t.co/10iF4HQAvM

[Katy Werlin @PastFashion]

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