Show threadGemsOfINDOLOGYJun 11

From *fluid aesthetics* → to *fixed morality*.
From *regional diversity* → to *standardized decency*.

And here’s the twist-

What we often call “tradition”…
is sometimes just a **recent layer**.

A response. A reaction. A negotiation.

Not an original constant.

So ask-

Are we preserving tradition…
or defending a version of it that isn’t as old as we think?

👗🧵

#IndianHistory #Indology #CulturalShift #ClothingHistory

ChamatouJul 16, 2023
Fascinating thread on the recreation of an Iron Age garment : https://twitter.com/lingerie_addict/status/1680276589701890050?t=YwNyGyianQYqs6M9cYeSIA&s=09 #clothinghistory #clothing #fashionhistory #histodon #LendbreenTunic recreation
Cora Harrington on Twitter

“Having a thread about a stone age girl going viral and having a thread about the fashion industry going viral makes me want to do a thread connecting both of these subjects to talk about one of my favorite prehistoric articles of clothing: the Lendbreen Tunic.”

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Vivienne DunstanNov 20, 2022
David Allan’s watercolours of Edinburgh workers in the 18th century; what they looked like and what their jobs entailed https://threadinburgh.scot/2022/10/30/the-thread-about-david-allans-watercolours-of-edinburgh-workers-in-the-18th-century-what-they-looked-like-and-what-their-jobs-entailed/ #Edinburgh #Scotland #ScottishHistory #DressHistory #ClothingHistory #FashionHistory #18thCentury #EighteenthCentury #Occupations #DavidAllan #WorkHistory #SocialHistory #UrbanHistory
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