Art and culture historian. Speaker. Author, GILDED AGE FASHION (preorder now!), DRESSING UP and BEYOND VANITY. Substack: Gilded Age Fashion
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Announcing my new
book GILDED AGE FASHION! This is the one you want, featuring more than 50 iconic looks and the stories behind them. Preorder now: a.co/d/ig2CV8b #gildedage
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21 Dec 2025
WHY, THANK YOU, ELLE ✨
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12 Dec 2025
I already figured, since they don’t play with my time
12 Dec 2025
THE GILDED AGE SEASON 4 IS CONFIRMED FOR A 2026 RELEASE ✨
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My latest newsletter on #TaylorSwift's wedding is waiting for you! Always free: open.substack.com/pub/elizab…
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30 Nov 2025
Sunday's Weather Rating: 3/10
What a great day to be indoors. High temperatures reach the upper 40s, but we've got showers and unsettled weather ongoing for almost the entire day. The vibes are very dreary out there!
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26 Nov 2025
Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, was born Princess Dagmar in Denmark #OnThisDay in 1847. She wore this House of Worth purple-brown velvet and silk evening dress, decorated with a pink moire ribbon bow, in the 1890s. @hermitage_eng collection. #fashionhistory
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18 Nov 2025
For @GQMagazine, talked to TV's favorite power couple, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, about the year The Gilded Age blew up, the bonkers horror short they made years before the show and the truth behind the Letts-Coon household's Blu Ray & DVD collection
gq.com/story/the-gilded-ages…
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18 Nov 2025
This year, The Gilded Age met the moment and became a bona fide phenomenon. And as the indomitable Bertha and George Russell, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector took their rightful place as television’s top power couple. gq.com/story/the-gilded-ages…
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Ready for the first Monday in May! Met Gala 2026 theme just announced
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16 Nov 2025
They may not stand up to moorland treks or autumnal downpours but I hope the former owner of these boots by Pinet was able to flash her ankles and show off the embroidered panels whilst she walked. Late #1870s @LACMA #fashionhistory
ALT Photograph of a pair of dark midnight blue silk ankle boots with a rounded pointed toe and Louis heels. The boots lace up to the top and the silk is covered with multi coloured floral embroidery
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14 Nov 2025
Morgan and I are honored to be GQ’s Men of the Year!
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What would Gilded Age socialites think of a Warhol muse? Read the story for free in the latest issue of my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/elizab… #gildedage
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12 Oct 2025
If you were a woman in the #1890s trying to avoid other members of her household then a tea gown that blend in with the wallpaper might not be a bad idea. It is all bold voided velvet with a lace yoke in generous proportions, Jean-Philippe Worth @MuseumofCityNY #fashionhistory
ALT A mannequin wearing a purple voided velvet gown with broad skirt and big sleeves. It has a white lace yoke around the neck
ALT Detail of the purple voided velvet gown highlighting the voided velvet pattern and the square of lace around the neck
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The latest issue of
my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter is waiting for you! Read for free: open.substack.com/pub/elizab… #gildedage
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TAYLOR SWIFT??!?!? TAYLOR SWIFT IS OOMF???!?! omg TS13 gonna have georgebertha songs on it...
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7 Oct 2025
taylor swift doing a carrie coon bertha russell impression on national television the gilded age hive we have NEVER BEEN MORE UP
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RT @j_rihl: Thank you Taylor Swift for ensuring The Gilded Age gets renewed for at least four more seasons
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2 Sep 2025
The cast of Netflix’s ‘THE AGE OF INNOCENCE’ limited series has been announced:
• Camila Morrone as Ellen Olenska
• Kristine Froseth as May Welland
• Ben Radcliffe as Newland Archer
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Elizabeth L. Block art and culture historian retweeted
2 Aug 2025
Had a chat with @ScarlettEHarris over at the BBC about all these recent fashion auctions. You can read it at the below!
bbc.com/culture/article/2025…
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