Dressed: The History of Fashion
With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common: everyday, we all get dressed. Join fashion historians April Calahan and Cassidy Zachary in celebrating the who, what, when of why we wear throughout history and around the world.
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Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was one of the 20th and 21st centuries great luminaries, most famous for his prolific career as a photojournalist for LIFE magazine. A man of many talents, this week we explore his unlikely career as a fashion photographer by revisiting an episode from 2018.
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During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.
Today we return with part II of one of our most requested--and popular--episodes of all time. Dr. Ariane Fennetaux joins us for a two-part episode discussing her and Barbara Burman's book The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1600-1900, which explores the fascinating centuries-long history of women and tie-on...
During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.
This week we bring you one of our most requested--and popular--episodes of all time. Dr. Ariane Fennetaux joins us for a two-part episode discussing her and Barbara Burman's book The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1600-1900, which explores the fascinating centuries-long history of women and tie-on pockets.
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Today, we revisit two Fashion History Mystery episodes exploring the fascinating histories of Mary Janes and Chatelaines.
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This week we revisit an episode from 2018: Murderous Millinery. From the 1870s to the 1920s, millions of women embraced the fashion for ornamental plumage and as a result millions of birds died for it.
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During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.
This week we puurrrfectly WILD this week as we revisit our 2018 episode with author, activist and performer Jo Weldon who joined us to speak about her book Fierce: The History of Leopard Print.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Weldon, Jo. Fierce: The History of Leopard Print. New York: Harper, 2018.
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During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.
This week we revisit our 2021 episode about model, photographer and humanitarian Lee Miller, who is the subject of the 2024 film Lee starring Kate Winslet. Miller's granddaughter and archivist Ami Bouhassane and fashion historian Amber Butchart joined us to discuss Lee's work for British and French Vogue during the ye...
We revisit our 2021 interview with fashion historian and author Lydia Edwards who joined us to discuss her acclaimed book How to Read a Dress.
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We revisit our interview with fashion historian and author Lydia Edwards in 2020 when she first joined us to talk about her then newly released book How to Read a Suit, the highly anticipated menswear version of her acclaimed How to Read a Dress.
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In what has now become an annual tradition, April and Cassidy do some fantasy fashion history shopping for their holiday party ensembles and gift exchange.
Cassidy's $33 million ensemble: necklace, Dorothy's Ruby Red slippers, Charles James dress
April’s ensemble: Vionnet coat, bejeweled snake stockings, Cartier Panthère collection, Margiela’s glass slippers
Some of Cassidy and April's gifts:
In what has now become an annual tradition, April and Cassidy do some fantasy fashion history shopping for their holiday party ensembles and gift exchange.
Cassidy's $33 million ensemble: necklace, Dorothy's Ruby Red slippers, Charles James dress
April’s ensemble: Vionnet coat, bejeweled snake stockings, Cartier Panthère collection, Margiela’s glass slippers
Some of Cassidy and April's gifts:
- 18th century patchbox
- Sun...
For our penultimate episode of season 7, we hear from YOU! Today's listener mail episode investigates the history of the French couture house Manguin, gets some updates on the militarization of glitter during WWII and makes an instagram rec to follow @moonhoney.jewelry for super interesting content on the history of jewelry.
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This week we investigate the variety of ways parents have historically dressed their toddlers to prevent injuries when they take that inevitable tumble. From puddings to go-wains and wicker walkers to ribbons of childhood, we look at the art historical record to explore childrenswear from the 16th-19th centuries.
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We are joined by Camille Lawrence, founder of the Black Beauty Archive, a groundbreaking archive dedicated to documenting, preserving and archiving Black beauty culture, past and present.
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The work of award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell spans four decades and is a masterclass in the art of visual storytelling. In this episode, he takes us behind the seams and into the magical world of his most recent project Wicked.
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From incredible innovations in sustainable 3D printing to using you library card to 'check out' a wedding gown, this week we bring you the latest in Fashion History Now, which might just include a discussion of 14th century chainmail booty shorts.
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Outlandish, wry and fun, this week we explore the advice on how to live a fashionable lifestyle vis à vis fashion editor Diana Vreeland's column 'Why Don't You?' which debuted in Harper's Bazar in 1936. From fashion tips to interior design, 'Why Don't You?' remains a source of humorous delight more than 75+ years later.
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Where some people study fashion history, today's guest Anneliese Mack lives it! Anneliese joins us to talk about her multifaceted career as a historical interpreter and costumer, educator, seamstress, weaver, and founder of the popular blog and Instagram account The Sewphisticate.
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Today's episode is dedicated to one of the greatest visual storytellers of our time, costume designer Sandy Powell who joins us to talk about her prolific 40 year career creating movie magic. Her work is the subject of a current exhibition Sandy Powell Dressing the Part: Costume Design for Film on view now at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion and Film until March 2025. The exhibition is the first retrospective of Sandy’s work and fea...
Please enjoy this episode of the new podcast series Lost Notes: Groupies which introduces you the bad ass ladies--and style icons-- of the legendary groupie scene of the 1960s and 70s. That includes the young women who made up the first all girl band of all girl groups, the GTO, also known as Girls Together Outrageously. Learn more about the podcast here
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