@briancentrone.bsky.social
Fashion Historian and Curator specializing in menswear, queer and pop culture, Barbie and Ken, and fashion in pornography. Writer, Editor, Professor. Open for curatorial work, research, writing, and publication opportunities. I also write creatively.
A birthday treat for you all.
My first piece of fiction in years.
Reading is free and fundamental.
theloadwriters.substack.com/p/the-look-o...
My first piece of fiction in years.
Reading is free and fundamental.
theloadwriters.substack.com/p/the-look-o...
August 26, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A birthday treat for you all.
My first piece of fiction in years.
Reading is free and fundamental.
theloadwriters.substack.com/p/the-look-o...
My first piece of fiction in years.
Reading is free and fundamental.
theloadwriters.substack.com/p/the-look-o...
In honor of the opening of this year’s @metcostumeinstitute exhibition, #MetCostumeArt, @costumesocietyamerica members can now read my review about last year’s exhibition, #superfine. Link below:
Full article: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
In honor of the opening of this year’s @metcostumeinstitute exhibition, #MetCostumeArt, @costumesocietyamerica members can now read my review about last year’s exhibition, #superfine. Link below:
Full article: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Young man wearing a crimson and white striped coat, sky blue breeches, blue and white striped stockings. On his head a hat à l'Androsmane. Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 10 juin 1788. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc
March 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Young man wearing a crimson and white striped coat, sky blue breeches, blue and white striped stockings. On his head a hat à l'Androsmane. Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 10 juin 1788. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc
Sweating it out.
March 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Sweating it out.
I couldn’t resist.
March 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I couldn’t resist.
Spring fever.
March 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Spring fever.
March 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Sunday Selfstudy in Glasses.
March 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Sunday Selfstudy in Glasses.
Not me being called a fashion icon last week. #fashionicon
February 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Not me being called a fashion icon last week. #fashionicon
Valentine’s Week fits.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Valentine’s Week fits.
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
No photos, please.
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 AM
No photos, please.
Omg!!!
How to accessorize for #PenguinAwarenessDay
Judith Leiber minaudiere [Bonhams]
1930 penguin vanity case in mother-of-pearl, enamel, coral, and diamond. [Christies]
Ominous leather penguin bag (Feathers McGraw?) by Thom Browne, 2017 [Bonhams]
Bulgari enamel/diamond penguin cufflinks [Christies]
Judith Leiber minaudiere [Bonhams]
1930 penguin vanity case in mother-of-pearl, enamel, coral, and diamond. [Christies]
Ominous leather penguin bag (Feathers McGraw?) by Thom Browne, 2017 [Bonhams]
Bulgari enamel/diamond penguin cufflinks [Christies]
January 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Omg!!!
UK friends! I will be making a return this July! If you’re in London and/or Cambridge, hit me up about meet ups, accommodation recommendations, exhibitions and performances I must see, and traveling around.
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
UK friends! I will be making a return this July! If you’re in London and/or Cambridge, hit me up about meet ups, accommodation recommendations, exhibitions and performances I must see, and traveling around.
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." -MLK
As always, Dr. King's message is right on time. Today calls on all of us to hear his wisdom and put it into action.
As always, Dr. King's message is right on time. Today calls on all of us to hear his wisdom and put it into action.
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." -MLK
As always, Dr. King's message is right on time. Today calls on all of us to hear his wisdom and put it into action.
As always, Dr. King's message is right on time. Today calls on all of us to hear his wisdom and put it into action.
Obsessed!!!!!
I am currently coveting this #1960s ensemble by Bonnie Cashin. The grey wool outlined with red leather, the brass fastenings, the plaid lining, the berry red dress beneath. Yes please to all of the above #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Obsessed!!!!!
Winter Wonderland.
January 18, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Winter Wonderland.
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This was such a clever design for a museum show. The pockets of the c18th were suspended from the waist so here, a recreation of the various layers, like an anatomical illustration. The yellow quilted pockets are original amongst the grey blue of the facsimile, #1740s #VandA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This was such a clever design for a museum show. The pockets of the c18th were suspended from the waist so here, a recreation of the various layers, like an anatomical illustration. The yellow quilted pockets are original amongst the grey blue of the facsimile, #1740s #VandA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Lovely surprise to see a dress I curated for Gilding Northeast Ohio
to make it into a new book on Gilded Age fashion! ❤️
to make it into a new book on Gilded Age fashion! ❤️
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Lovely surprise to see a dress I curated for Gilding Northeast Ohio
to make it into a new book on Gilded Age fashion! ❤️
to make it into a new book on Gilded Age fashion! ❤️
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Archive alert 🚨 Back in my 2014 clothes.
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Archive alert 🚨 Back in my 2014 clothes.
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Young man in a green coat with red stripes, white waistcoat and yellow breeches with green embroidery. Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 1787. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc
![Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 30 septembre 1787, 32e cahier, 2e année, Pl. 1.
Original description translated into English:
The young man, on whom we have depicted the current fashion, is dressed in a Louviers cloth coat with broad dark green stripes and broad dark red stripes, which are clear and pronounced.
Many different colours of cloth with two very broad faded stripes are worn. Some even wear cloth with three stripes, but in these cases the middle stripe is smaller than the other two, blending into each side and, so to speak, merely linking and nuancing the other two stripes.
The two blended stripes are usually pale yellow; purple and red; purple and pink; blue and yellow; etc.
The three stripes are purple, pink and sky blue: the pink stripe in the middle; grey, white and blue: the white stripe in the middle; scarlet, yellow and purple: the yellow stripe in the middle; etc.
The young man's coat is lined with red twill and trimmed with dark purple piping.
Under his coat, the young man wears a white waistcoat, edged with a long white silk trim;
Casimir cloth breeches, where the seams of the garters, buttonholes, and drawstring, now narrow, are made of green silk and form delicate embroidery.
We may recall that two months ago, we said that this fashion for seams of various colours was beginning to catch on; it is almost the only one accepted today.
The young man wears white silk stockings.
His shoes have large oval buckles.
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Continuation of the original description translated into English:
In his pockets, he has two watches, one of which has a gold chain adorned with gold charms, and the other a simple blue silk cord adorned with a very large key, either in gold, silver, or crystal surrounded by a gold circle, or in agate similarly surrounded by a gold circle.
His hair is curled into two very long curls on each side, and in a Greek style at the back, parted in a horseshoe shape at the back and falling slightly in a shell shape on his forehead. At the back his hair is tied in a long plait à la Panurge.
His shirt is trimmed with cuffs and a jabot of fine batiste, all plain.
Around his neck is a wide cravat, which is wrapped three times and forms a medium-sized bow at the front.
He holds his hat in his hand, refurbished in the Androsmane style.
He is depicted bowing in greeting as he walks along a public promenade.
Rijksmuseum object number RP-P-2009-1659A](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:plxiecprr6zzjwkcylt7nsgw/bafkreiben775rzwpzyxpceetpvvolm7dbpldpl23szvwwxcxhi4tgdeve4)
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Young man in a green coat with red stripes, white waistcoat and yellow breeches with green embroidery. Magasin des Modes Nouvelles Françaises et Anglaises, 1787. #FashionPlateFriday #dresshistory #18thc