Jennifer M. Jones
@jemjones.bsky.social
Historian at Rutgers University researching Therese Levasseur, the Enlightenment, the global 1790s, Anglomania, fashion, clothing, and art schools; author of Sexing la Mode (Berg: 2004).
Gary Shteyngart's "Behold My Suit!" is such a delightful essay on the joy of wearing a perfectly tailored bespoke suit. In Beau Brummell is not treated kindly! "https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/gary-shteyngart-bespoke-suit-mens-fashion-self-love/681441/
The Man in the Midnight-Blue Six-Ply Italian-Milled Wool Suit
A perfect suit, made by an expert tailor out of superlative fabric, would do nothing less than transform me.
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February 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gary Shteyngart's "Behold My Suit!" is such a delightful essay on the joy of wearing a perfectly tailored bespoke suit. In Beau Brummell is not treated kindly! "https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/gary-shteyngart-bespoke-suit-mens-fashion-self-love/681441/
Rebecca Cypess (Yeshiva University) and I are pleased to announce a collection of articles on "The Salon and the Senses in 18th-century France" we edited for Aphra Behn Online. #Rutgers digitalcommons.usf.edu/abo/
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 | Open Access Journals | University of South Florida
<em>ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830</em> (ISSN 2157-7129) is an online journal that serves as a forum for interactive scholarly discussion on all aspects of women in arts bet...
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January 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Rebecca Cypess (Yeshiva University) and I are pleased to announce a collection of articles on "The Salon and the Senses in 18th-century France" we edited for Aphra Behn Online. #Rutgers digitalcommons.usf.edu/abo/
Well done, Rutgers women and gender historians! #Rutgers
Three of Robin Mitchell's picks for best books about women's lives that will change your life for the better are "Rutgers History Dept" books. Bravo to Marisa Fuentes, Stephanie Jones-Rogers (PhD 2012), and Judith Walkowitz (who researched much of the book while on the RU History faculty). #Rutgers
November 22, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Well done, Rutgers women and gender historians! #Rutgers
The final slide in today's lecture in History 510:232, "Fashion and Design in European History: Vivienne Westwood, Queen of Punk, "You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes." #Rutgers
November 21, 2024 at 11:40 PM
The final slide in today's lecture in History 510:232, "Fashion and Design in European History: Vivienne Westwood, Queen of Punk, "You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes." #Rutgers
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Announcing: the Bridges Project brought to you by the Western Society for French History! Connect with "alt-ac" history PhDs! Learn how to support grad students on non-TT paths! Find out how other unis successfully support doctoral students! And more! A must-read for faculty www.wsfh.org/bridges
BRIDGES PROJECT — Western Society for French History
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November 15, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Announcing: the Bridges Project brought to you by the Western Society for French History! Connect with "alt-ac" history PhDs! Learn how to support grad students on non-TT paths! Find out how other unis successfully support doctoral students! And more! A must-read for faculty www.wsfh.org/bridges
We discussed fashion, music, and dance in the "Swinging Sixties" in my Fashion History class today. Mary Quant and Alexander Plunket Green dancing in 1962. This photo always makes me joyous! #Rutgers
November 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM
We discussed fashion, music, and dance in the "Swinging Sixties" in my Fashion History class today. Mary Quant and Alexander Plunket Green dancing in 1962. This photo always makes me joyous! #Rutgers
1) An edited collection of articles on "The Salon and the Senses in 18th-century France" to be published in Aphra Behn Online in Dec 2024.
2) A new project focusing on commercial fashion schools like the Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers (1937-1996) in NYC.
Bluesky academics, let’s get to know each other! Quote this & tell me 1) a project you are working on & 2) an idea you keep thinking about
1) the evolution of women’s work & clothing in long 17thc (using Stuart queen records)
2) dissemination of French style via French migrants & refugees in 17thc
1) the evolution of women’s work & clothing in long 17thc (using Stuart queen records)
2) dissemination of French style via French migrants & refugees in 17thc
November 17, 2024 at 11:20 PM
1) An edited collection of articles on "The Salon and the Senses in 18th-century France" to be published in Aphra Behn Online in Dec 2024.
2) A new project focusing on commercial fashion schools like the Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers (1937-1996) in NYC.
Reposted by Jennifer M. Jones
in Princeton, celebrating the legacy of Natalie Zemon Davis, with @monicamedhist.bsky.social @paulecohen.bsky.social and others not yet on bluesky #earlymodern
November 17, 2024 at 2:13 AM
in Princeton, celebrating the legacy of Natalie Zemon Davis, with @monicamedhist.bsky.social @paulecohen.bsky.social and others not yet on bluesky #earlymodern