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The Life of Eva Perón: First Lady, Activist, Actress and Philanthropist is out now.
pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Life…
American politician and lawyer, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was born #OnThisDay in 1947. She wore this Oscar de la Renta tailored teal-blue silk and wool blend trouser suit when she was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in 2001. @WJCLibrary42 #fashionhistory
American singer, actress, and fashion designer Juli Lynne Charlot was born #OnThisDay in 1922. She created the poodle skirt in 1947. Princess Elizabeth wore Charlot's Romeo and Juliet themed blue felt skirt to attend a hoedown in Ottawa, Canada, in 1951. @RCT #fashionhistory
Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso was born #OnThisDay in 1881. Yves Saint Laurent took inspiration from Picasso’s Portrait of Nusch Éluard (1937) to create this blue, black and ivory wool jacket for his A/W 1979 Hommage a Picasso collection. @YSL #fashionhistory #art
British actress and model Mia Goth was born #OnThisDay in 1993. She wore this Kate Hawley designed period wedding dress, made from 5 layers of organza and featuring a Swiss ribbon bodice created to imitate a rib cage, as Elizabeth Harlander in Frankenstein (2025). #film #costume
Victoria Haddock retweeted
#OTD in 1537, Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace.
Assistant Curator Minette Butler shows us the Silverstick Staircase, which leads up to the old Tudor Queen's apartments where Jane gave birth to Edward VI only 12 days earlier. It is said that this staircase is haunted.
King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland was born #OnThisDay in 1633. He wore this brown woollen broadcloth coat and breeches, embroidered with silver-gilt thread, for his 1673 wedding to Mary of Modena. @V_and_A collection. #fashionhistory
American couturier Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher, was born #OnThisDay in 1890. He designed this custom evening ensemble, consisting of an 1830s-inspired pink silk blouse and black full-skirt for socialite Millicent Rogers. @metmuseum collection. #fashionhistory
English actress and singer Diana Dors was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She wore this light blue floral patterned evening jacket made of Lurex threaded lace when she met fellow actress Gloria Swanson in 1981. Sold by @JuliensAuctions. #fashionhistory
English actress Emilia Clarke was born #OnThisDay in 1986. She wore this Jill Taylor designed cap sleeved red ottoman silk cocktail dress with a netted tulle lined skirt as Louisa Clarke in Me Before You (2016). Sold by @JuliensAuctions. #film #costume
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this Schiaparelli London haute couture rosebud and polka-dot printed crêpe ensemble, dating from 1936-38. The dress bodice is formed from five horizontal panels with a plastic zip in the back. Sold by @KerryTaylorAuct. #fashionhistory
Argentine actress Maria Eva Duarte married Colonel Juan Perón in a civil ceremony in the bride's former hometown of Junín #OnThisDay in 1945. Eva would join her new husband on the campaign trail for the 1946 presidential election, giving speeches in support of Perón. #Evita
Find out more in my book, The Life of Eva Perón published by @penswordbooks.
Cuban singer Celia Cruz, known as the "Queen of Salsa," was born #OnThisDay in 1925. She wore this Gary Jones, Bridget Kelly and Ann Roth designed Bata Cubana style ivory taffeta and chiffon gown as Evalina Montoya in The Mambo Kings (1992). Sold @JuliensAuctions. #film #costume
The New York premiere of My Fair Lady was held #OnThisDay in 1964 at the Criterion Theater. Actress Audrey Hepburn attended wearing a white satin dress and an embroidered purple lace and chenille Givenchy evening coat from the A/W 1964 collection. @MuseumofCityNY #fashionhistory
Victoria Haddock retweeted
We can't get enough of these incredible spaces 😍
Here our some of our favourite spots across our palaces. Which room do you want to wander through? 🏰

ALT A small chapel with a view through an arched doorway. Inside, there is an altar covered with a red cloth, two unlit candles, and a stained glass window in the background. The floor has colorful mosaic patterns.

ALT A lavish room with red textured walls adorned with numerous classic paintings in ornate gold frames. A large, elegant chandelier hangs from the ceiling. A polished wooden table with vibrant pink floral arrangements stands on a patterned rug. An intricately carved fireplace is present on one wall. The setting exudes opulence and historic charm.
This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1923 off-white cotton crêpe dress. It features a v-shaped neckline with a blue crêpe edged collar and appliqué decorations on the skirt of stylised windmills outlined in blue, brown and orange. Manchester Art Gallery #fashionhistory
Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis #OnThisDay in 1968. The bride wore a cream silk crepe pleated sleeveless dress with a chiffon and lace overlay and white and gold tone buttons from Maison Valentino's 1968 White Collection. Sold via @bonhams1793. #fashionhistory
Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson was born #OnThisDay in 1983. She wore this Thom Browne black silk moiré cape with a sky-blue lining embellished with a raven motif over a high-neck dress embroidered with 60,000 green and blue Swarovski crystals to the 24 Met Gala. #fashionhistory
Future First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy joined her husband Senator John F. Kennedy during his presidential campaign for a large ticker-tape parade in New York City #OnThisDay in 1960. She wore this Givenchy white felt pillbox hat with bow detailing. @JFKLibraryFdn #fashionhistory
Indian actress Freida Pinto was born #OnThisDay in 1984. She wore this Ralph & Russo A/W 2016 couture white silk crêpe pencil dress embellished with "peinturea l'aiguille" embroidery, crystals, glass beads and pearls to the MIPCOM in Cannes in 2016. @bonhams1793 #fashionhistory
























