Elizabeth L. Block art and culture historian

Announcing my new book GILDED AGE FASHION! This is the one you want, featuring more than 50 iconic looks and the stories behind them. Preorder now: a.co/d/ig2CV8b #gildedage

WHY, THANK YOU, ELLE ✨

I already figured, since they don’t play with my time

My latest newsletter on #TaylorSwift's wedding is waiting for you! Always free: open.substack.com/pub/elizabethl…

Sunday's Weather Rating: 3/10 What a great day to be indoors. High temperatures reach the upper 40s, but we've got showers and unsettled weather ongoing for almost the entire day. The vibes are very dreary out there!

Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, was born Princess Dagmar in Denmark #OnThisDay in 1847. She wore this House of Worth purple-brown velvet and silk evening dress, decorated with a pink moire ribbon bow, in the 1890s. @hermitage_eng collection. #fashionhistory

For @GQMagazine, talked to TV's favorite power couple, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, about the year The Gilded Age blew up, the bonkers horror short they made years before the show and the truth behind the Letts-Coon household's Blu Ray & DVD collection gq.com/story/the-gild…

This year, The Gilded Age met the moment and became a bona fide phenomenon. And as the indomitable Bertha and George Russell, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector took their rightful place as television’s top power couple. gq.com/story/the-gild…

Ready for the first Monday in May! Met Gala 2026 theme just announced

They may not stand up to moorland treks or autumnal downpours but I hope the former owner of these boots by Pinet was able to flash her ankles and show off the embroidered panels whilst she walked. Late #1870s @LACMA #fashionhistory

Morgan and I are honored to be GQ’s Men of the Year!

Read all about the most famous #gildedage party costume: open.substack.com/pub/elizabethl…

What would Gilded Age socialites think of a Warhol muse? Read the story for free in the latest issue of my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/elizabethl… #gildedage

If you were a woman in the #1890s trying to avoid other members of her household then a tea gown that blend in with the wallpaper might not be a bad idea. It is all bold voided velvet with a lace yoke in generous proportions, Jean-Philippe Worth @MuseumofCityNY #fashionhistory

The latest issue of my Gilded Age Fashion newsletter is waiting for you! Read for free: open.substack.com/pub/elizabethl… #gildedage

TAYLOR SWIFT??!?!? TAYLOR SWIFT IS OOMF???!?! omg TS13 gonna have georgebertha songs on it...

taylor swift doing a carrie coon bertha russell impression on national television the gilded age hive we have NEVER BEEN MORE UP

Thank you Taylor Swift for ensuring The Gilded Age gets renewed for at least four more seasons

The cast of Netflix’s ‘THE AGE OF INNOCENCE’ limited series has been announced: • Camila Morrone as Ellen Olenska • Kristine Froseth as May Welland • Ben Radcliffe as Newland Archer

Had a chat with @ScarlettEHarris over at the BBC about all these recent fashion auctions. You can read it at the below! bbc.com/culture/articl…