Colleen Darnell Photoshoot by Curtis Ryan Woodside (Venice, Italy) The Vintage Egyptologist
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Colleen Darnell Photoshoot by Curtis Ryan Woodside (Venice, Italy) The Vintage Egyptologist
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | In the @restaurantletrainbleu during a shoot with @christian_photo (video by @hugobaillet and John). I model a magnificent 1920s dress from... | Instagram
Dr. Colleen Darnell | In the @restaurantletrainbleu during a shoot with @christian_photo (video by @hugobaillet and John). I model a magnificent 1920s dress from... | Instagram
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Wearing a 1930s dress from @morphew_world in the delightful world of #CocktailMagique @companyxiv. I am accompanied by a 1920s style boudoir doll wearing my dress made by @bonnie.pinson (these sorts of dolls were very popular during that decade, and pictures of actresses, like Claudette Colbert, with their dolls abound). Of course, the term “doll” encompasses more than playthings for children, and in ancient Egypt there is a type of object which modern Egyptolo
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Wearing a 1930s dress from @morphew_world in the delightful world of #CocktailMagique @companyxiv. I am accompanied by a 1920s style boudoir doll wearing my dress made by @bonnie.pinson (these sorts of dolls were very popular during that decade, and pictures of actresses, like Claudette Colbert, with their dolls abound). Of course, the term “doll” encompasses more than playthings for children, and in ancient Egypt there is a type of object which modern Egyptolo
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "A wet plate photography session with the amazing @moabdelwahab @thedarkroomcairo (as Mohamed explained, black aluminum is not readily available in Egypt, so these are actually on plexiglass, a “plexitype”!). The history of photography is intertwined with Egypt. When François Arago announced the invention of daguerreotype photography in 1839, he noted that this would benefit the recording of ancient Egyptian monuments: “To copy the millions and millions of hiero
Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "A wet plate photography session with the amazing @moabdelwahab @thedarkroomcairo (as Mohamed explained, black aluminum is not readily available in Egypt, so these are actually on plexiglass, a “plexitype”!). The history of photography is intertwined with Egypt. When François Arago announced the invention of daguerreotype photography in 1839, he noted that this would benefit the recording of ancient Egyptian monuments: “To copy the millions and millions of hiero
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Posing for the incredible @rcallahanphoto at Parlour, a @shanghaimermaid event, wearing a black 1930s peignoir from @emmett_and_white paired with a spectacular headpiece from @veriteehill. The black-dyed ostrich and peacock feathers adorning the headpiece evoke the association of ostrich feathers, crowns, and divine insignia. As a hieroglyph, the ostrich feather writes either the phonemes shu, commonly used in words meaning “light” or “luminous space” (as in th
Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Posing for the incredible @rcallahanphoto at Parlour, a @shanghaimermaid event, wearing a black 1930s peignoir from @emmett_and_white paired with a spectacular headpiece from @veriteehill. The black-dyed ostrich and peacock feathers adorning the headpiece evoke the association of ostrich feathers, crowns, and divine insignia. As a hieroglyph, the ostrich feather writes either the phonemes shu, commonly used in words meaning “light” or “luminous space” (as in th
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This Egyptologist Wears Vintage Every Day | Dress The Part | Racked
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This Egyptologist Wears Vintage Every Day | Dress The Part | Racked
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Wearing an original dress from the mid-1850s that belonged to a Connecticut woman who basically had my measurements (neither this nor the 1840s suit was altered), filmed in the perfect setting, @lyndhurst_mansion by videographer @mordecainuccio. The silk dress is undecorated aside from cloth-covered buttons (decorative only; the bodice closes with hooks and eyes) and fringe on the edges of the pagoda sleeves. The bell-shaped symmetry of the skirt is indicative
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Wearing an original dress from the mid-1850s that belonged to a Connecticut woman who basically had my measurements (neither this nor the 1840s suit was altered), filmed in the perfect setting, @lyndhurst_mansion by videographer @mordecainuccio. The silk dress is undecorated aside from cloth-covered buttons (decorative only; the bodice closes with hooks and eyes) and fringe on the edges of the pagoda sleeves. The bell-shaped symmetry of the skirt is indicative
66.3K viewsAug 23, 2024
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | A beautiful film by @hammam.visuals in collaboration with photographer @noha_visuals (cover still) and makeup artist @maieltarzimakeup shot... | Instagram
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Posing for photos and art just a few weeks ago in the amazing @salondutemple art studio and apartment in Paris. We do not know a great deal about artists’ studios in ancient Egypt, although workshops for stones and other materials and manufacturing sites for faience and glass are well attested. The only studio we can associate with a named ancient artist is located in a sprawling villa known as complex P-47.1-3 in the city of Akhet-Aten. This communal compound
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Revisiting a favorite moment in Paris—visiting Nike of Samothrace in the Louvre wearing a vintage Givenchy gown (from @shopmorphew), similar to the one Audrey Hepburn wore in Funny Face. The famous statue depicts the goddess of victory, just as she alights on the prow of a fast-moving warship, the wind blowing her garments back, the sea spray making them cling to her in a wonderful display of the wet drapery style. Already with the ubiquitous penteconters (“fif
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "A first look at a photo shoot with @christian_photo (video by @hugobaillet) in Paris at the Gare de Lyon in the @restaurantletrainbleu that served as one of the points of departure for passengers boarding the famous Orient Express. Of course, the ancient Egyptians did not have trains, despite what Count Allamistakeo claims in Poe’s story “Some Words with a Mummy,” but they did have trains of donkeys. Until that time, the most efficient use of sources is to main
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Here at the @philipcheneymansion (with interiors by @textures.atelier) I try to choose the appropriate wardrobe with the help of a vintage TARDIS. Clothes are more than coverings, and in ancient Egypt as elsewhere, they could be part of the machinery of religion and magic. We often forget that most of the magical and religous texts of ancient Egypt were recited at some point, and by a person wearing appropriate attire, perhaps even manipulating certain implemen
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | Classical splendor @nypl captured by the amazing @mordecai_nuccio; I wear a dress designed for me by @shopmorphew from fragments of late... | Instagram
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | Behind the scenes of Issue 2 @themargotmagazine, which includes a wonderful feature article about my passion for history. Parietal... | Instagram
109.5K viewsApr 13, 2023
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "The Egyptological work that John and I do in Egypt (under the auspices of the Ministry of Antiquities and with our Egyptian colleagues) focuses on mapping ancient routes through the desert and recording associated archaeological and epigraphic remains. “Epigraphic” means carved or inscribed material (and, by extension, can include painted images and texts). Hieroglyphs were invented around 3250 BCE in southern Egypt, but already by 4000 BCE, we see complex carv
102.4K viewsJan 19, 2023
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La Vie Delight on Instagram: "Dr. Colleen Darnell @vintage_egyptologist was live from the bank of the Nile... Looking amazing in the olive and grey linen dress by La Vie Delight 🥰💕🥰 SORRY that the Repost app did not bring the full clip to our post. Please watch the whole talk on the IG of @vintage_egyptologist ❤️ Reposted from @vintage_egyptologist A discussion of goddesses who can personify the female aspect of the creator deity in the form of the solar eye. And how this
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Stalking the floor beneath the massive domes of @weylin1875 in a stunning black silk 1930s gown from the collection of @sasha_yuriy_artistry captured by the masterful @mordecai_nuccio. Look carefully at the way the sashes are one piece of fabric with the bias cut dress—incredible detail! Fabric streamers are significant in royal iconography. They frequently appear at the back of crowns, and they can also hang from the royal sporran (kilt decoration). In appeara
61.3K viewsMar 16, 2023
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | True vintage attire while out and about with Nefret, our 1923 Ford Model T. I wear a silk deco dress with tabard from @sallyhoban and... | Instagram
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "The Bastet dress by @cadavre.exquis.couture paired with a custom headpiece by @veriteehill in a video shot by @mordecai_nuccio. The modern material of the dress perfectly mimics the two-dimensional representation of sheath dresses in ancient Egyptian art (scroll back for more information about the ancient fashion aspects of the Bastet dress). The goddess most associated with the color green was, of course, Wadjet “The Green One.” Wadjet’s form was that of a cob
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "A reel celebrating the publication of “An Exceptionally Intrepid Adventure” by Robert Stewart @afterburnercomics—in photos by @hercameraobscura and video by John, I wear a 1930s ensemble inspired by Robert Stewart’s fabulous fashion layouts for the character Dr. Intrepid (who is based on me!). You must go to his page for the complete edition (printed version to come)—and there, you can look for the appearance of the “Heralds of the Emerald Tablet.” The Emerald
66.3K viewsAug 22, 2023
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Sporting a marvelous gold dress and black opera coat of later 1920s inspiration (gifted) from @thehouseoffoxy, I wander one of our Upper Egyptian homes away from home—the SS Sudan. Gold and black immediately make us think of some of the wonderful combinations of gold and ebony from the tomb of Tutankhamun, particularly some of the items in his vast collection of sticks and staves. And lo and behold, here I assemble John’s original 1920s traveling cane of ebony
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "@greatgatsbyparty captured by @mordecai_nuccio. I wear a custom headpiece by the amazing @mrmortimerswife (which includes vintage rhinestones) to set off a 1930s gown from @turnervintage. The headpiece is truly crown-like, and ancient Egypt had a plethora of crowns and diadems. The most famous, of course, are the red crown of Lower Egypt and the white crown of Upper Egypt. Despite Narmer’s iconographic conceit, the red crown probably also originates in the sout
71.7K viewsOct 3, 2023
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Colleen Darnell: Egyptology & Fashion | Science Factory
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Walking through the Italian Gardens of Castle Hill wearing a dress ca. 1910-1915 (available from @shopmorphew) in another amazing collaboration with @genuinegentleman. The juxtaposition of the white crochet and lace with the light blue embroidery is reminiscent of Josiah Wedgwood's Jasperware that often replicated classical motifs. Wedgwood could not have known that during the reign of Amunhotep III (1390-1352 BCE), a favorite ceramic style was cream-slipped or
105.6K viewsAug 10, 2021
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | Mary Poppins versus the Vikings as I wear a early Edwardian summer cotton walking suit and John wears a later Edwardian suit to visit the... | Instagram
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram
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New York Fashion Week is incoming and to kick off #NYFW I am sharing this inspired look ny Dr. Colleen Darnell the #Vintage #egyptology specialist and #stylish woman at the Lyndhurst Mansion in #upstateny last month. Her #vintageclothes always impress her fans and the background of the #glamour from the gilded age ties in her #tuxedo perfectly. #nyfw2024 #newyorkfashion #newyorkfashionweek #fashiontiktok #fashionshows #fypfashion #fashionfyp #xybcza #celebrities #nyccontentcreator #modelshoot #l
3.1K viewsSep 9, 2024
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Dr. Colleen Darnell on Instagram: "Tour of the 1920s clothes we loaned to the exhibit “Weston Slept while the Nation Roared” @weston_historical_society. Shops mentioned: @gabrielevintage @civviesnewhaven @fashionistavintage. The Great Gatsby and Westport connection was proposed in the documentary “Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story.” For updates on the Grand Egyptian Museum follow @ministry_tourism_antiquities !"
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Dr. Colleen Darnell | One of my favorite vintage ensembles is this entirely original 1920s swim set (from @fabgabs). The swim cap still has its tag (fortunately... | Instagram
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