H.Gibaldi • A visual poet
@afairytells.substack.com
Dispatches from a visual poet on slow fashion, queerness, textile art & history. 🪡 Ritual, myth & poetry woven into threads and clothing 🪷
✒️ Fairytaleofdress.com
🖼️ pinterest.com/henrique_gibaldi
✒️ Fairytaleofdress.com
🖼️ pinterest.com/henrique_gibaldi
September 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
One of my first embroidery projects using watercolor on the fabric. It was part of a larger project, including a piece of embroidered poetry dedicated to the Ocean Goddess.
Feeling the urge to embroider my poetry again. Probably it will be my next project after I finish with the shirt collar.
#art
Feeling the urge to embroider my poetry again. Probably it will be my next project after I finish with the shirt collar.
#art
September 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
One of my first embroidery projects using watercolor on the fabric. It was part of a larger project, including a piece of embroidered poetry dedicated to the Ocean Goddess.
Feeling the urge to embroider my poetry again. Probably it will be my next project after I finish with the shirt collar.
#art
Feeling the urge to embroider my poetry again. Probably it will be my next project after I finish with the shirt collar.
#art
Time to learn a new Craft 💍
Jewelry making school in Milan
#artisan
#jewelry
#goldsmith
#fashionsky
#handmade
#luxury
#madeinitaly
Jewelry making school in Milan
#artisan
#jewelry
#goldsmith
#fashionsky
#handmade
#luxury
#madeinitaly
September 15, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Time to learn a new Craft 💍
Jewelry making school in Milan
#artisan
#jewelry
#goldsmith
#fashionsky
#handmade
#luxury
#madeinitaly
Jewelry making school in Milan
#artisan
#jewelry
#goldsmith
#fashionsky
#handmade
#luxury
#madeinitaly
September 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I'm in love with this Hemp fabric
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#textile
#fiberart
#sewing
#sewingsky
#artisan
#handmade
#tailoring
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#textile
#fiberart
#sewing
#sewingsky
#artisan
#handmade
#tailoring
August 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I'm in love with this Hemp fabric
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#textile
#fiberart
#sewing
#sewingsky
#artisan
#handmade
#tailoring
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#textile
#fiberart
#sewing
#sewingsky
#artisan
#handmade
#tailoring
As my last day of vacation, today was a day of:
🌹 Mending and tending to garments
🌹 Reading
🌹 Napping with my cat
🌹Vegan ice cream
🌹Cooking
🌹 Briefly editing some poems
I wish I had worked on my next Substack article, but somehow I was not feeling like it…
#slowlife
#poetry
#artist
🌹 Mending and tending to garments
🌹 Reading
🌹 Napping with my cat
🌹Vegan ice cream
🌹Cooking
🌹 Briefly editing some poems
I wish I had worked on my next Substack article, but somehow I was not feeling like it…
#slowlife
#poetry
#artist
August 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Textile art pieces from Moroni Palace
#textileart
#textile
#fiberart
#embroidery
#needlework
#sewing
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artist
#arthistory
#artphotography
#textileart
#textile
#fiberart
#embroidery
#needlework
#sewing
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artist
#arthistory
#artphotography
August 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Textile art pieces from Moroni Palace
#textileart
#textile
#fiberart
#embroidery
#needlework
#sewing
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artist
#arthistory
#artphotography
#textileart
#textile
#fiberart
#embroidery
#needlework
#sewing
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artist
#arthistory
#artphotography
There is a Temple there
A poem of the witche’s inner Temple
erotosgrove.substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🌿 The Fairy Tale of Dress is an interdisciplinary project exploring slow living, queer masculinity and earthbound enchantment through the art of Fashion and its many tales.
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire, folklore and the mythology of Beauty.
#poetry #slowfashion #artist
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire, folklore and the mythology of Beauty.
#poetry #slowfashion #artist
The Fairy Tale of Dress | H.Gibaldi • A visual poet | Substack
Dispatches from a visual poet on slow fashion, queerness, textile art & history. Click to read The Fairy Tale of Dress, by H.Gibaldi • A visual poet, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
Fairytaleofdress.com
August 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM
🌿 The Fairy Tale of Dress is an interdisciplinary project exploring slow living, queer masculinity and earthbound enchantment through the art of Fashion and its many tales.
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire, folklore and the mythology of Beauty.
#poetry #slowfashion #artist
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire, folklore and the mythology of Beauty.
#poetry #slowfashion #artist
Revisiting and giving some love to old poems 🪷
"...And He led me there,
by earnest scent
and burning fire
to this watery
mirror, reflecting
the endless
of galaxies.
"Who is this God
In front of me?"
I asked, gazing
The calming surface.
"I am all that you see.
I am you,
And you are me"
#poetry
"...And He led me there,
by earnest scent
and burning fire
to this watery
mirror, reflecting
the endless
of galaxies.
"Who is this God
In front of me?"
I asked, gazing
The calming surface.
"I am all that you see.
I am you,
And you are me"
#poetry
On Her sacred Garden
Spiritual poetry on a Botanical Garden.
open.substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Revisiting and giving some love to old poems 🪷
"...And He led me there,
by earnest scent
and burning fire
to this watery
mirror, reflecting
the endless
of galaxies.
"Who is this God
In front of me?"
I asked, gazing
The calming surface.
"I am all that you see.
I am you,
And you are me"
#poetry
"...And He led me there,
by earnest scent
and burning fire
to this watery
mirror, reflecting
the endless
of galaxies.
"Who is this God
In front of me?"
I asked, gazing
The calming surface.
"I am all that you see.
I am you,
And you are me"
#poetry
A month of working on this embroidered shirt collar 🪡🪷
#embroidery
#artisan
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#handmade
#sewing
#sewingsky
#embroidery
#artisan
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#handmade
#sewing
#sewingsky
August 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A month of working on this embroidered shirt collar 🪡🪷
#embroidery
#artisan
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#handmade
#sewing
#sewingsky
#embroidery
#artisan
#slowfashion
#fashionsky
#handmade
#sewing
#sewingsky
Making alterations is almost as complicated as making a garment from scratch 🫠
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#sewing
#sewist
#artisan
#handmade
#diy
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#sewing
#sewist
#artisan
#handmade
#diy
August 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Making alterations is almost as complicated as making a garment from scratch 🫠
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#sewing
#sewist
#artisan
#handmade
#diy
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#sewing
#sewist
#artisan
#handmade
#diy
So, the hemp set definitely passed the test after a day trip to Bergamo. I might have to tighten up the hem stitches, and I didn't like the invisible button that much, so I will apply another one on the trousers.
But I'm happy with the result 🌿
#fashionsky
#sewing
#handmade
#sewist
#artisan
But I'm happy with the result 🌿
#fashionsky
#sewing
#handmade
#sewist
#artisan
August 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
So, the hemp set definitely passed the test after a day trip to Bergamo. I might have to tighten up the hem stitches, and I didn't like the invisible button that much, so I will apply another one on the trousers.
But I'm happy with the result 🌿
#fashionsky
#sewing
#handmade
#sewist
#artisan
But I'm happy with the result 🌿
#fashionsky
#sewing
#handmade
#sewist
#artisan
The Knight in Pink, by Giovan Battista Moroni.
Beautiful painting…
Probably the subject of my next article 🩷
#fashionhistory
#fashionsky
#arthistory
#menswear
#writingcommunity
#author
#blogging
#substack
Beautiful painting…
Probably the subject of my next article 🩷
#fashionhistory
#fashionsky
#arthistory
#menswear
#writingcommunity
#author
#blogging
#substack
August 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Knight in Pink, by Giovan Battista Moroni.
Beautiful painting…
Probably the subject of my next article 🩷
#fashionhistory
#fashionsky
#arthistory
#menswear
#writingcommunity
#author
#blogging
#substack
Beautiful painting…
Probably the subject of my next article 🩷
#fashionhistory
#fashionsky
#arthistory
#menswear
#writingcommunity
#author
#blogging
#substack
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Happy Fashion Thursday!
Celebrating Colleen Atwood's breathtaking costume designs for Into the Woods.
Every piece tells a magical story.
#FashionSky
#Moviesky
#ColleenAtwood
Celebrating Colleen Atwood's breathtaking costume designs for Into the Woods.
Every piece tells a magical story.
#FashionSky
#Moviesky
#ColleenAtwood
July 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Happy Fashion Thursday!
Celebrating Colleen Atwood's breathtaking costume designs for Into the Woods.
Every piece tells a magical story.
#FashionSky
#Moviesky
#ColleenAtwood
Celebrating Colleen Atwood's breathtaking costume designs for Into the Woods.
Every piece tells a magical story.
#FashionSky
#Moviesky
#ColleenAtwood
Reposted by H.Gibaldi • A visual poet
Ball dress, American or French, 1858
"Couturier! Make me a dress that is not just pink in colour, but that incarnates the eternal spirt of pink-ness!"
Job done. And it is so beautiful. What an impact this must have made 170 years ago!
#fashionsky #dresshistory #fashionhistory
"Couturier! Make me a dress that is not just pink in colour, but that incarnates the eternal spirt of pink-ness!"
Job done. And it is so beautiful. What an impact this must have made 170 years ago!
#fashionsky #dresshistory #fashionhistory
July 27, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Ball dress, American or French, 1858
"Couturier! Make me a dress that is not just pink in colour, but that incarnates the eternal spirt of pink-ness!"
Job done. And it is so beautiful. What an impact this must have made 170 years ago!
#fashionsky #dresshistory #fashionhistory
"Couturier! Make me a dress that is not just pink in colour, but that incarnates the eternal spirt of pink-ness!"
Job done. And it is so beautiful. What an impact this must have made 170 years ago!
#fashionsky #dresshistory #fashionhistory
A bit late, but a celebration of the tailoring tradition of Paul Smith at the latest Men’s fashion week in Milan.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#menswear
#fashionweek
#tailoring
#photography
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#menswear
#fashionweek
#tailoring
#photography
July 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
A bit late, but a celebration of the tailoring tradition of Paul Smith at the latest Men’s fashion week in Milan.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#menswear
#fashionweek
#tailoring
#photography
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#menswear
#fashionweek
#tailoring
#photography
Balenciaga’s metal line.
Working in fashion thought me that every normie wants to feel unique somehow lol
The mainstream trying to appropriate elements from the underground is nothing new…
And it matches Demna’s pretentiousness.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#metal
Working in fashion thought me that every normie wants to feel unique somehow lol
The mainstream trying to appropriate elements from the underground is nothing new…
And it matches Demna’s pretentiousness.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#metal
May 12, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Balenciaga’s metal line.
Working in fashion thought me that every normie wants to feel unique somehow lol
The mainstream trying to appropriate elements from the underground is nothing new…
And it matches Demna’s pretentiousness.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#metal
Working in fashion thought me that every normie wants to feel unique somehow lol
The mainstream trying to appropriate elements from the underground is nothing new…
And it matches Demna’s pretentiousness.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#metal
Marie Antoinette wearing her chamise de Reine.
Instrumental in increasing the popularity of cotton as a fabric.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#arthistory
Instrumental in increasing the popularity of cotton as a fabric.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#arthistory
May 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Marie Antoinette wearing her chamise de Reine.
Instrumental in increasing the popularity of cotton as a fabric.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#arthistory
Instrumental in increasing the popularity of cotton as a fabric.
#fashionsky
#fashionhistory
#arthistory
Work in progress of my new (old) project 🌸🪡
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#fashionsky
#sewing
#sewist
#gay
#queer
#artist
#author
#writingcommunity
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#fashionsky
#sewing
#sewist
#gay
#queer
#artist
#author
#writingcommunity
Planting the seeds for the Garden of Eros
A slow fashion project in progress.
open.substack.com
May 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Work in progress of my new (old) project 🌸🪡
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#fashionsky
#sewing
#sewist
#gay
#queer
#artist
#author
#writingcommunity
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#fashionsky
#sewing
#sewist
#gay
#queer
#artist
#author
#writingcommunity
Mayday, Floralia, Beltane…
Regardless of what you might celebrate in this time of the year, may the light and warmth of the Earth grow within you 🌸
And if you are willing to, I invite you to my Garden 🌹
open.substack.com/pub/afairyte...
#poetry
#poet
#author
#writingcommunity
#poem
#witchsky
Regardless of what you might celebrate in this time of the year, may the light and warmth of the Earth grow within you 🌸
And if you are willing to, I invite you to my Garden 🌹
open.substack.com/pub/afairyte...
#poetry
#poet
#author
#writingcommunity
#poem
#witchsky
May 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Mayday, Floralia, Beltane…
Regardless of what you might celebrate in this time of the year, may the light and warmth of the Earth grow within you 🌸
And if you are willing to, I invite you to my Garden 🌹
open.substack.com/pub/afairyte...
#poetry
#poet
#author
#writingcommunity
#poem
#witchsky
Regardless of what you might celebrate in this time of the year, may the light and warmth of the Earth grow within you 🌸
And if you are willing to, I invite you to my Garden 🌹
open.substack.com/pub/afairyte...
#poetry
#poet
#author
#writingcommunity
#poem
#witchsky
She slows me down a bit, but embroidering with her is an absolute bliss 🩷
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
#slowlife
#slowliving
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
#slowlife
#slowliving
April 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
She slows me down a bit, but embroidering with her is an absolute bliss 🩷
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
#slowlife
#slowliving
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
#slowlife
#slowliving
The beauty of spring is that now I can wear my bamboo, hemp, nettle and linen handmade outfits 🌿
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#sustainability
#sustainablefashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#sustainability
#sustainablefashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
April 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The beauty of spring is that now I can wear my bamboo, hemp, nettle and linen handmade outfits 🌿
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#sustainability
#sustainablefashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#handmade
#artisan
#sustainability
#sustainablefashion
#embroidery
#textile
#fiberart
'A Fairy tells' is an interdisciplinary project, exploring slow living, queer masculinity and Earth based spirituality through the arts of Fashion and Poetry.
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire and the mythology of Beauty.
#author
#poet
#queer
#fashionsky
#mythology
#pagan
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire and the mythology of Beauty.
#author
#poet
#queer
#fashionsky
#mythology
#pagan
A fairy tells... | H.Gibaldi • A visual poet | Substack
Dispatches from a visual poet exploring slow living, queerness, textile art & history. Click to read "A fairy tells...", by H.Gibaldi • A visual poet, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
open.substack.com
April 27, 2026 at 10:12 AM
'A Fairy tells' is an interdisciplinary project, exploring slow living, queer masculinity and Earth based spirituality through the arts of Fashion and Poetry.
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire and the mythology of Beauty.
#author
#poet
#queer
#fashionsky
#mythology
#pagan
Essays, fragments and visual notes on dressing, desire and the mythology of Beauty.
#author
#poet
#queer
#fashionsky
#mythology
#pagan
So many things happened between the beginning of this project and today…
But this spring is giving me the motivation to finally finish this embroidered shirt collar.
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#fiberart
#textile
#handmade
#artisan
#artist
#sustainablefashion
#diy
But this spring is giving me the motivation to finally finish this embroidered shirt collar.
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#fiberart
#textile
#handmade
#artisan
#artist
#sustainablefashion
#diy
April 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
So many things happened between the beginning of this project and today…
But this spring is giving me the motivation to finally finish this embroidered shirt collar.
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#fiberart
#textile
#handmade
#artisan
#artist
#sustainablefashion
#diy
But this spring is giving me the motivation to finally finish this embroidered shirt collar.
#fashionsky
#slowfashion
#embroidery
#fiberart
#textile
#handmade
#artisan
#artist
#sustainablefashion
#diy