Dressed: The History of Fashion
With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Every day we all get dressed. Join Dressed as we explore the social and cultural histories behind the who, what, when of why we wear.
Episodes
February 13, 2026 • 42 mins
We revisit our 2024 two-part interview with Rebecca Seaver, the Director of Museum & Archive Services for Dolly Parton, and the person responsible for the curated selection of special pieces on view in Dolly's recently published memoir Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones. And thanks to the book's audio companion, we even hear from Dolly herself!
A special thank you to Rebecca and the Penguin Random House Audio team for the s...
Mark as Played
February 11, 2026 • 48 mins
We revisit our 2024 two-part interview with Rebecca Seaver, the Director of Museum & Archive Services for Dolly Parton, and the person responsible for the curated selection of special pieces on view in Dolly's recently published memoir Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones. And thanks to the book's audio companion, we even hear from Dolly herself!
A special thank you to Rebecca and the Penguin Random House Audio team for the s...
Mark as Played
February 6, 2026 • 20 mins
Your great-grandmother enjoyed a dickie. Join us in our exploration of a wildly popular garment, now lost to fashion history.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Mark as Played
Today we revisit a past episode with Lucy Clayton and Dr. Benjamin Wild about the Victoria & Albert Museum's 2021 exhibition Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, which explored how fashion has found inspiration in the Alice in Wonderland series.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history tit...
Mark as Played
January 30, 2026 • 38 mins
London's famed Savile Row comes with a long and prestigious tailoring history and today's guest, Jihae An, undeniably represents its future. In this 2022 episode, Savile Row tailor Jihae An takes us behind the scenes of her work at London’s oldest tailoring house, Ede and Ravenscroft.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 o...
Mark as Played
January 28, 2026 • 59 mins
In this 2022 episode, we talked to David Wolfe (1941-2023) about his sixty plus year career in fashion working as a groundbreaking trend forecaster, fashion illustrator, and paper doll artist.
More David Wolfe:
David's paper doll work
David's interview on The Decorder Ring podcast
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with ove...
Mark as Played
This week's Dressed Classic episodes revisit a 2021 two-part interview with Ilise S. Carter joined us to discuss her book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, which uses lipstick as a lens to examine the hopes, dreams and anxieties of American society.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with ...
Mark as Played
This week's Dressed Classic episodes revisit a 2021 two-part interview with Ilise S. Carter who joined us to discuss her book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, which uses lipstick as a lens to examine the hopes, dreams and anxieties of American society.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf w...
Mark as Played
January 16, 2026 • 46 mins
"Halstonette" Chris Royer joins us for to discuss her life working alongside the legendary designer Halston and her instrumental role in keeping his legacy alive to this very day.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark as Played
A Life Lived in Fashion with Halston Model, Muse and Archivist Chris Royer, Part I (Dressed Classic)
January 14, 2026 • 51 mins
"Halstonette" Chris Royer joins us for to discuss her life working alongside the legendary designer Halston and her instrumental role in keeping his legacy alive to this very day.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark as Played
January 9, 2026 • 17 mins
This week we revisit a 2019 episode were we discuss the 'shadiest' company around, the world's leading authority on color intelligence, Pantone.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network
Learn more about your ad choice...
Mark as Played
January 7, 2026 • 39 mins
Today we revisit our third annual 'gift giving' episode from 2023. We continue to explore and exchange holiday 'It' gifts of yesteryear, but also introduce our dream ensembles culled from the entirety of fashion history.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Dressed is a...
Mark as Played
January 2, 2026 • 50 mins
Oh the perils of being a Medieval, tassel loving peasant in the 21st century! In this episode from 2023, we meet Tyler Gunther, the peasant behind Greedy Peasant, the queer, Medieval-era fashion influencer, pageant planner, and unlikely social media star who has taken the world by storm.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 15...
Mark as Played
From 1520 to 1560, the style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad immortalized their adventures in dressing in a series of stunning, hand-painted portraits that provide a window into the period within which they lived. In this 2023 episode, historians Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward join us to discuss this extraordinary primary source which was published in full color in the The First Book of Fashion: The ...
Mark as Played
December 26, 2025 • 40 mins
Today we revisit our second annual 'gift giving' episode from 2022 where we continue to explore and exchange holiday 'It' gifts of yesteryear.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network
Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Mark as Played
December 24, 2025 • 29 mins
Today we revisit our very first 'gift giving' episode from 2021 where we explore and exchange holiday 'It' gifts of yesteryear.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
Mark as Played
December 19, 2025 • 48 mins
It's time for our favorite episode of the year! Now five years in the making, we make dreams come true by gifting (and wearing) fantasy items from fashion's past.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles
Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network
Learn more...
Mark as Played
December 17, 2025 • 57 mins
From Freudian fashion to sumptuous saris, courtly courtesans to iconic opera costumes, we take you "behind the seams" of our recent fashion history-packed day tours of New York City spent at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The New York Historical Society, The Metropolitan Opera and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Further learning:
Valerie Steele’s Dress, Dreams, and Desire at the Museum at FIT
The New York Sari and The G...
Mark as Played
December 15, 2025 • 50 mins
Historian Amanda Wunder joins us in a two-part episode that illuminates the remarkable life and work of Mateo Aguado, royal court tailor to the Queens of Spain from 1630 to 1672. Aguado is the subject at the heart of Wunder's award-winning book Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
...
Mark as Played
December 12, 2025 • 62 mins
Historian Amanda Wunder joins us in a two-part episode that illuminates the remarkable life and work of Mateo Aguado, royal court tailor to the Queens of Spain from 1630 to 1672. Aguado is the subject at the heart of Wunder's award-winning book Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV.
Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?
Our website and classes
Our Instagram
...
Mark as Played
The Latest News
Popular Podcasts
Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina are here and have everyone talking. iHeartPodcasts is buzzing with content in honor of the XXV Winter Olympics We’re bringing you episodes from a variety of iHeartPodcast shows to help you keep up with the action. Follow Milan Cortina Winter Olympics so you don’t miss any coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics, and if you like what you hear, be sure to follow each Podcast in the feed for more great content from iHeartPodcasts.
Listen to the latest news from the 2026 Winter Olympics.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com