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.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 581
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread
The work of internationally renowned fashion designer and traditional Haida artist Dorothy Grant embodies "10,000 years of living Haida culture." She joins us to discuss her groundbreaking, four deca…
00:43:14 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Dressed in NYC 2025 Recap, Part II
In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part II, we chat about our “behind…
00:35:37 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
Dressed in NYC 2025 Recap, Part I
In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part I, we chat about our immersi…
00:47:59 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities, Part II, an interview with Dr. Colleen Hill
In Part II of this week's episode, Dr. Colleen Hill joins us to speak about some of the incredible objects in her exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities which is on view at The Museu…
00:37:26 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities, Part I, an interview with Dr. Colleen Hill
All this week we endeavor to spark your sartorial curiosity as Dr. Colleen Hill joins us to speak about her exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities which is on view at The Museum at F…
00:51:17 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Fashion History Now #66
Welcome to the first Fashion History Now of Season 8, where we bring you the latest news fashion history happening today.
To Follow:
Cheeky fashion satire @refashionedhippie
Hair history @theha…
00:38:09 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Fashion Scandals: Madame X
For our debut of Season 8 of Dressed, we bring you the first of our new ongoing series: Fashion Scandals. Today we whisk you into the scandal swirling around surrounding one of the most famous painti…
00:52:14 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part III (Dressed Classic)
The final episode of our Barbie fashion history series explores Barbie's flowering into a fully fledged fashion icon in the 21st century and what that means in terms of diversity and representation f…
00:53:04 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part II (Dressed Classic)
Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in part two of our Barbie fashion history series from 2023 which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fa…
00:48:38 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part I (Dressed Classic)
Barbie is so much more than a child's toy. Since making her debut in 1959, the Barbie doll has become a full-fledged global phenomenon--and fashion icon. In this three part series from 2023, we explo…
00:49:51 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Get Dressed With Us in Paris and New York!
A quick hello from the Dressed Universe! While we are still on our winter hiatus, we wanted to check in to invite you to get Dressed with us in Paris, New York and online...
We have amazing fashion h…
00:17:28 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison (Dressed Classic)
Fashion luminary and trailblazing model, agent and activist Bethann Hardison joins us to discuss her life and legacy as explored in the new documentary Invisible Beauty.
More on the documentary Inv…
00:51:10 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Scott Barrie, an interview with Elizabeth Way
During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog of more than 500 episodes. Today we revisit one of our past episodes with Elizabeth Way who joi…
00:32:39 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Ann Lowe: American Couturier, an interview with Elizabeth Way
During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog. Today we revisit one of our past episodes with Elizabeth Way who joined us, on this occasion, …
00:49:38 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Donyale Luna: Myth, Model, Muse, Part II
We continue our look at the life, legend, and legacy of 1960s supermodel Donyale Luna.
Further Reading / Watching:
Donyale in Que Etes-Vous Polly Magoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS_aJN7c8ps;
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00:28:30 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Donyale Luna: The Life and Legacy of a Legendary Model, Part I
In 1966, Donyale Luna became the first model of color to appear on the cover of any edition of Vogue magazine--but she was so much more than a pretty face. In this week's two part series, we look at …
00:36:35 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part II
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,…
00:30:38 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part I
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, …
00:49:25 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Fashion History Now #65: Listener Mail Roundup
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 glitt…
00:27:17 |
Fri 06 Dec 2024
Bump-Proof the Baby: Historic Wearables for Toddler Safety
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 t…
00:39:25 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
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