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Queen of None Wins the Manly Wade Wellman Award for 2021!
Queen of None, a feminist Arthurian retelling, is an award winning fantasy novel.
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I Can See Sheerly Now
Let's get transparent together, and explore the see-through art of fabric-making.
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#ThreadTalk Flashback to the 1880s
The 1880s may have been 140 years ago, but they left a special mark on fashion history.
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Fashion Wizard, Honey Badger, Icon: Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth was the visionary behind the House of Worth. But how much about him do you know?
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Let’s Get Pedantic: What Exactly is the Regency Period?
What makes the Regency recognizable--and when was it, exactly? It's a bit more complicated of an answer than you might think.
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That Time I Cried Over Editing My Own Book
You can write novels for the better part of your life, and still there are surprises.
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That Eldritch Hue: Green, poison, passion, and Privilege
This week’s #ThreadTalk was inspired by work I’m doing on Queen of Fury, the sequel to Queen of None. It started out as Hwyfar’s story–she’s the daughter of King Leodegraunce, and sister to the Gweynevere–and it still is very much hers. But then Gawain showed up. And he’s very much changed. That brought me down the route of Gawain and…
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Here, there, and Everywhere: Linen
1 – Welcome to #ThreadTalk, #Linen edition! And we're all about contrast. Humble yet durable, whimsical yet dainty, seen yet unseen–linen reinforces the world's most ostentatious gowns & yet stands on its own, full of holes. All from a plant 🌱 you beat with a stick. 2 – Linen is a material that comes courtesy of the flax plant, also…
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A Brief History of Marriage Fashion
1 – Welcome to #ThreadTalk! Ah, mawwiage. We're going nuptial. 💕If you're hoping for whimsy & romance, well… you probably haven't been here before.💕 For most of history, marriage has been about money & power, just like the fashion it's inspired. (Below, 1841, satin) 2 – Though anthropologists don't know exactly when marriage began, it seems to be universal. For…
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The Kaftan Craze That Keeps Going
1 – It's time for #ThreadTalk & today we're swathing ourselves in the history of the kaftan! Don't know your kaftan from your muumuu, dashiki, or Banyan? That's okay. We'll get there. This ancient garment became a Regency staple🎩, a 1960s essential ☮️ & a modern must-have.🧥 2 – The word itself is Persian: خفتان khaftān. In simple terms, it's…
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Yikes, Stripes
Stripes are everywhere. But where did they start? And what do they mean?
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ThreadTalk Icons: Elizabeth I of England
1 – Welcome to #threadtalk, the first in my icon series. Yup. It's gonna be ruff. It’s fitting that we begin with the very monarch who signed the East India Company into being: Queen Elizabeth I. Join me as we travel back to the 16thC to one truly warped family. 👑🧵🪡 2 – No one expected the daughter of Henry…
