Cassidy Percoco
@mimicofmodes.com
Fashion/material culture scholar. Collections manager. Author of Regency Women's Dress, 1800-1830. AskHistorians moderator. (she/her)
Links to my blog, newsletter, and Etsy shop: https://cassidypercoco.carrd.co/
Links to my blog, newsletter, and Etsy shop: https://cassidypercoco.carrd.co/
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Cassidy Percoco
@mimicofmodes.com
· Nov 13
A thread for my threads!
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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Bengali phrase for the day
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Bengali phrase for the day
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
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You have 2 days left to grab the entire Reanimator Mysteries series for far for $6 or pick up each book for $2!
Grab them on Itchio if you want mm historical paranormal romance featuring an autistic necromancer and his undead love solving mysteries in 1890s NYC!💀
#romancelandia 🌈📚
Grab them on Itchio if you want mm historical paranormal romance featuring an autistic necromancer and his undead love solving mysteries in 1890s NYC!💀
#romancelandia 🌈📚
The Reanimator Mysteries So Far Bundle by Kara Jorgensen
A bundle by Kara Jorgensen, $5.97 for The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1), The Reanimator's Soul (The Reanimator Mysteries #2), The Reanimator's Remains (The Reanimator Mysteries #3)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You have 2 days left to grab the entire Reanimator Mysteries series for far for $6 or pick up each book for $2!
Grab them on Itchio if you want mm historical paranormal romance featuring an autistic necromancer and his undead love solving mysteries in 1890s NYC!💀
#romancelandia 🌈📚
Grab them on Itchio if you want mm historical paranormal romance featuring an autistic necromancer and his undead love solving mysteries in 1890s NYC!💀
#romancelandia 🌈📚
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"One can shop frantically for many weeks before Christmas, at great cost of time and energy--or one can decide to give Colgate's."
1924
Cornell Museum of Glass Library
1924
Cornell Museum of Glass Library
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"One can shop frantically for many weeks before Christmas, at great cost of time and energy--or one can decide to give Colgate's."
1924
Cornell Museum of Glass Library
1924
Cornell Museum of Glass Library
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November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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My book BLACK CROWN is about to get its paperback edition – it's the story of the Kingdom of Haiti, with revolutionary battles, the overthrow of colonialism, palaces and castles and a visionary king. It's like Wakanda – but it's all true! www.hurstpublishers.com/book/black-c...
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My book BLACK CROWN is about to get its paperback edition – it's the story of the Kingdom of Haiti, with revolutionary battles, the overthrow of colonialism, palaces and castles and a visionary king. It's like Wakanda – but it's all true! www.hurstpublishers.com/book/black-c...
Another fashion plate discussion! 🗃️🪡 I love it when the description gives you info you can't get from the print, like that the one gown has a fake underlayer. mimicofmodes.com/2025/11/26/l...
La Mode Illustrée, May 14, 1865
Toilettes by Mme Bréant-Castel, 58 1/2 Rue St. Anne. Redingote of unbleached-linen-colored taffeta, with scalloped edges, trimmed with a thick piping of lilac taffeta; the redingote is open in fron…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Another fashion plate discussion! 🗃️🪡 I love it when the description gives you info you can't get from the print, like that the one gown has a fake underlayer. mimicofmodes.com/2025/11/26/l...
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Who were the Queens of Scots before the famous Mary?
Wives of the Kings of Scots helped shape the politics of Scotland, England, and beyond.
Don’t miss episode 233, “Medieval Queen of Scots with Sharon Bennett Connolly.”
Wives of the Kings of Scots helped shape the politics of Scotland, England, and beyond.
Don’t miss episode 233, “Medieval Queen of Scots with Sharon Bennett Connolly.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Who were the Queens of Scots before the famous Mary?
Wives of the Kings of Scots helped shape the politics of Scotland, England, and beyond.
Don’t miss episode 233, “Medieval Queen of Scots with Sharon Bennett Connolly.”
Wives of the Kings of Scots helped shape the politics of Scotland, England, and beyond.
Don’t miss episode 233, “Medieval Queen of Scots with Sharon Bennett Connolly.”
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Ultimately this story and Triangle are key to understanding not only the awful working conditions of the Gilded Age but how change occurs. As many scholars have pointed out, most workplace safety legislation in the United States only passes after a horrible disaster galvanizes attention.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ultimately this story and Triangle are key to understanding not only the awful working conditions of the Gilded Age but how change occurs. As many scholars have pointed out, most workplace safety legislation in the United States only passes after a horrible disaster galvanizes attention.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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New in the shop: a graded version of one of the spencer patterns from Regency Women's Dress! Original is in the Old Sturbridge Village collection. www.etsy.com/listing/4411... 🗃️🪡 #sewing
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New in the shop: a graded version of one of the spencer patterns from Regency Women's Dress! Original is in the Old Sturbridge Village collection. www.etsy.com/listing/4411... 🗃️🪡 #sewing
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Like, you could write an entire book length case study in "ways Roblox completely fails at Trust and Safety". I advise every parent I know to get their kids the fuck off Roblox, or at the very least, directly monitor who's contacting them and what they're playing *extremely* closely.
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Like, you could write an entire book length case study in "ways Roblox completely fails at Trust and Safety". I advise every parent I know to get their kids the fuck off Roblox, or at the very least, directly monitor who's contacting them and what they're playing *extremely* closely.
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Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
That guy right there.
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
That guy right there.
A combination of 1) participating in the Adirondack Community College archaeological field school in Fort Edward and eventually deciding that maybe instead of doing archaeology, I would rather work with artifacts *after* they were taken out of the ground, and ...
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A combination of 1) participating in the Adirondack Community College archaeological field school in Fort Edward and eventually deciding that maybe instead of doing archaeology, I would rather work with artifacts *after* they were taken out of the ground, and ...
Update on Dandies & Dandyzettes: hardcover test! www.kickstarter.com/projects/204...
Update 32: Hardcover! · Dandies & Dandyzettes
Okay! I've gotten back the test copy of the hardcover, and I'm very pleased.Initially, my plan was to use this cover design for both hardcover and paperback, but I kind of like the idea of doing the p...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Update on Dandies & Dandyzettes: hardcover test! www.kickstarter.com/projects/204...
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Nearly time for the first of the winter online talks. Happening this coming Tuesday...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Nearly time for the first of the winter online talks. Happening this coming Tuesday...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
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The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
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#VendrediLecture . So proud and happy to have been part of this wonderful book. Many thanks to My and Johanna.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#VendrediLecture . So proud and happy to have been part of this wonderful book. Many thanks to My and Johanna.
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It's here! Our special issue of JECS (journal of @bsecs.bsky.social), a bumper vol of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on 18c networks, gender, sociability & manuscript, deriving from @maryhamiltonpapers.bsky.social project. I'll be skeeting today about the contributions in turn...stay tuned!
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's here! Our special issue of JECS (journal of @bsecs.bsky.social), a bumper vol of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on 18c networks, gender, sociability & manuscript, deriving from @maryhamiltonpapers.bsky.social project. I'll be skeeting today about the contributions in turn...stay tuned!
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A new blog post! Looking at an 1864 fashion plate and its description in detail. Eighteenth-century references abound. mimicofmodes.com/2025/11/19/l... #DressHistory #19thc
La Mode Illustrée, April 1864
This plate, taken from La Mode Illustrée in April of 1864, shows four “novelties” available at the Magasins du Louvre in Paris.
mimicofmodes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A new blog post! Looking at an 1864 fashion plate and its description in detail. Eighteenth-century references abound. mimicofmodes.com/2025/11/19/l... #DressHistory #19thc
A new blog post! Looking at an 1864 fashion plate and its description in detail. Eighteenth-century references abound. mimicofmodes.com/2025/11/19/l... #DressHistory #19thc
La Mode Illustrée, April 1864
This plate, taken from La Mode Illustrée in April of 1864, shows four “novelties” available at the Magasins du Louvre in Paris.
mimicofmodes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A new blog post! Looking at an 1864 fashion plate and its description in detail. Eighteenth-century references abound. mimicofmodes.com/2025/11/19/l... #DressHistory #19thc
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📣Out now on #firstview!
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
📣Out now on #firstview!
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Marlo Avidon (@marloavidon.bsky.social) on 'The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England'
#Fashion #Polemic #Moral #Style 17thc 🗃️👗🎩
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
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Not all who wander are lost.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
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Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
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