Dr. Mark Joseph O'Connell 🏳️🌈☮️❤️
@markoconnellstudio.bsky.social
Professor at Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto. Research areas: fashion history; Queer history; visual culture; transglobal commodities that shaped colonial societies, and fashion tech. Publications: markoconnellstudio.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-9338
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-9338
Rick Owens frock coat and Hermès circus tie for my Last Dance talk tonight! I will have books for signing with me as well
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Rick Owens frock coat and Hermès circus tie for my Last Dance talk tonight! I will have books for signing with me as well
Giving a talk tonight in Toronto! Last Dance: The Lost Legacy of 70s LGBTQ+ Fashion Icons"
Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm. Free Times Cafe. 320 College Street. Soluble Fish Lecture Series.
#Halston #WayBandy #ScottBarrie #Disco #Fashion #FashionHistory #Makeup #Lgbtq #queerhistory
Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm. Free Times Cafe. 320 College Street. Soluble Fish Lecture Series.
#Halston #WayBandy #ScottBarrie #Disco #Fashion #FashionHistory #Makeup #Lgbtq #queerhistory
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Giving a talk tonight in Toronto! Last Dance: The Lost Legacy of 70s LGBTQ+ Fashion Icons"
Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm. Free Times Cafe. 320 College Street. Soluble Fish Lecture Series.
#Halston #WayBandy #ScottBarrie #Disco #Fashion #FashionHistory #Makeup #Lgbtq #queerhistory
Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm. Free Times Cafe. 320 College Street. Soluble Fish Lecture Series.
#Halston #WayBandy #ScottBarrie #Disco #Fashion #FashionHistory #Makeup #Lgbtq #queerhistory
Canadian Fashion Economies by Mark Joseph O'Connell is a re-examination of Canadian cultural and commercial history, told through the key fashion objects from First Nations, colonial, and contemporary Canadian culture. From @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #Canada #fashion #history
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Canadian Fashion Economies by Mark Joseph O'Connell is a re-examination of Canadian cultural and commercial history, told through the key fashion objects from First Nations, colonial, and contemporary Canadian culture. From @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #Canada #fashion #history
Researching at the AMNH in NYC this week. The collections workers are so dedicated and knowledgeable as always. Northwest Coast First Nations galleries at the American Museum of Natural History are beautiful and thoughtfully designed. The power of the objects in the spaces is palpable. @amnh.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Researching at the AMNH in NYC this week. The collections workers are so dedicated and knowledgeable as always. Northwest Coast First Nations galleries at the American Museum of Natural History are beautiful and thoughtfully designed. The power of the objects in the spaces is palpable. @amnh.org
The folks who attended were amazing! Also the #chesterweinberg dress from 1968 made appearance
June 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The folks who attended were amazing! Also the #chesterweinberg dress from 1968 made appearance
Amazing to give the keynote talk for the Seneca Pride Month 2025 kick off 🌈. Spoke on my Lilac Time at the Rodeo fashion & AIDS research. We had a Drag show & tie-dye party too! a.co/d/gt01yGh
June 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Amazing to give the keynote talk for the Seneca Pride Month 2025 kick off 🌈. Spoke on my Lilac Time at the Rodeo fashion & AIDS research. We had a Drag show & tie-dye party too! a.co/d/gt01yGh
I will be speaking on my Lilac Time at the Rodeo, fashion and AIDs research at the Seneca Pride Month Kick Off 2025. It is on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 10 a.m. to noon
MH1005, Magna Hall, King Campus.
You are all invited, it is SO great to see the Seneca commitment to Pride.
a.co/d/4UCiP5f
MH1005, Magna Hall, King Campus.
You are all invited, it is SO great to see the Seneca commitment to Pride.
a.co/d/4UCiP5f
June 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I will be speaking on my Lilac Time at the Rodeo, fashion and AIDs research at the Seneca Pride Month Kick Off 2025. It is on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 10 a.m. to noon
MH1005, Magna Hall, King Campus.
You are all invited, it is SO great to see the Seneca commitment to Pride.
a.co/d/4UCiP5f
MH1005, Magna Hall, King Campus.
You are all invited, it is SO great to see the Seneca commitment to Pride.
a.co/d/4UCiP5f
Like mother like daughter, this is fabulous
May 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Like mother like daughter, this is fabulous
YES!!!
May 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
YES!!!
Weekend at Sandbanks
April 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Weekend at Sandbanks
Great new textile based art exhibition at Gagne at 401 Richmond in Toronto!
March 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great new textile based art exhibition at Gagne at 401 Richmond in Toronto!
The new Gordon Shadrach painting exhibition at United Contemporary in Toronto is pretty incredible!
March 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The new Gordon Shadrach painting exhibition at United Contemporary in Toronto is pretty incredible!
Marion Cotillard in vintage Dior spring 1957
March 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Marion Cotillard in vintage Dior spring 1957
Was giving me 1970's Mireille Darc
March 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Was giving me 1970's Mireille Darc
Beautiful performance of the Four Seasons by the National Ballet of Canada this evening
March 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Beautiful performance of the Four Seasons by the National Ballet of Canada this evening
"Fashion for Art’s Sake”: Willi Smith, WilliWear, and the Imbrication of Fashion and the Avant Garde" my research on the amazing Willi Smith and WilliWear which I wore to all of my high school formal dances in the 80's
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Fashion for Art’s Sake”: Willi Smith, WilliWear, and the Imbrication of Fashion and the Avant Garde" my research on the amazing Willi Smith and WilliWear which I wore to all of my high school formal dances in the 80's
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Ancient, yet so familiar. I was demo painting yesterday in similar hues
February 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ancient, yet so familiar. I was demo painting yesterday in similar hues
I accidentally matched my student's textile design project #senecafashion
February 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I accidentally matched my student's textile design project #senecafashion
Happy Lumberjack New Year!! Wishing you all the best of everything in 2025 🖤❤️🖤❤️
January 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Happy Lumberjack New Year!! Wishing you all the best of everything in 2025 🖤❤️🖤❤️
Working out body & brain
December 27, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Working out body & brain
Happy birthday Emily Dickinson
"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" (circa 1862)
"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" (circa 1862)
December 10, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Happy birthday Emily Dickinson
"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" (circa 1862)
"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" (circa 1862)
Flawless performance of Giselle by #nationalballetofCanada tonight. It just makes my spirit soar that there is such beauty and refinement in the world
November 23, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Flawless performance of Giselle by #nationalballetofCanada tonight. It just makes my spirit soar that there is such beauty and refinement in the world
Silver Screen by #nationalballetofCanada is SO good!
November 16, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Silver Screen by #nationalballetofCanada is SO good!