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
- 582
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Fashion History Now #60
This week we chat about the latest in fashion history news including Norma Kamali training an AI to design her legacy, the Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design, a new YSL bookshop in Paris and some…
00:37:31 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture and Identity with Isabel Attyah Flower and Marcel Rosa-Salas, Part II
We continue our conversation with Isabel Attyah Flower and Marcel Rosa-Salas about nameplate jewelry, addressing its central and even controversial role in both sub and mainstream cultural expression…
00:29:26 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture and Identity with Isabel Attyah Flower and Marcel Rosa-Salas, Part I
Isabel Attyah Flower and Marcel Rosa-Salas join us to discuss their book The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture and Identity, which celebrates the myriad of meanings embedded in the multi-cultural and cross…
00:47:50 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Fashion Fads from History: Live On or Leave to the Past?
In the wonderful and often bizarre world of fashion fads from history, we ask the question: which should live on to wear another day and which should be left to history?
Recommended resources:
Bedaz…
00:34:57 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Front Row at the Margiela Show, an interview with Alexandre Samson
Maison Margiela's Spring/Summer Paris 2024 Haute Couture collection show delivered a haunting jolt that is hard to forget. Whether you loved the show or hated it, it was a moment. And that moment–whi…
01:15:40 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Mildred Blount: The Girl with the Golden Fingers, an interview with Taylor Bythewood-Porter
An exceptionally famous milliner in her day, the life and career of Mildred Blount has been somewhat lost to history. Curator Taylor Bythewood-Porter joins us to shine a light on the first African-Am…
00:54:56 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Madam C.J. Walker: An Interview with A’Lelia Bundles
In the early years of the twentieth century, Madam C.J. Walker built an international, Black hair care empire from the ground floor up, transforming herself from a laundry work making $1.50 a day to …
01:04:24 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Women Dressing Women, an interview with Mellissa Huber, part II
In part II of our episode on The Costume Institute's exhibition Women Dressing Women, co-curator Mellissa Huber takes us behind the scenes and shines a light on some of the invisible labor which does…
00:21:40 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Women Dressing Women, an interview with Mellissa Huber and Karen Van Godtsenhoven, part I
This week we are joined by Mellissa Huber and Karen Van Godtsenhoven, curators of The Costume Institute's exhibition Women Dressing Women, which is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Yo…
01:01:38 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Handmade in NYC: The Art of Flower Making with Adam Brand of M&S Schmalberg
Fourth generation flower maker Adam Brand takes us behind the scenes of his family's business M&S Schmalberg. Founded by his family in 1916, the company is the last of its kind in America.
M&S Schmal…
00:45:33 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Handmade in NYC: The Art of Pleating with George Kalajian of Tom's Sons International Pleating
Fifth generation master pleater George Kalajian’s family has been perfecting the art of the pleat since the 19th century. He joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of his family’s renowned…
00:46:55 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Dressing to Undress, an interview with Dita Von Teese, part 2
Our favorite vedette, Dita Von Teese, joins us this for part 2 of our conversation this week to chat about being the first-ever guest star at Paris' legendary cabaret, the Crazy House and her current…
00:34:10 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Dressing to Undress, an interview with Dita Von Teese, part 1
We are kicking off our seventh season of Dressed in spectacular style as we are joined all this week by the one and only Dita Von Teese!
A longtime vintage collector and star of the neo-burlesque sce…
00:42:57 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
'Tis the Season III: History's Gift Hits (And Misses)
Join us for our now annual holiday party where we 'exchange' some of their favorite gifts from fashion's past and present.
Gifts you can gift!
Our very first online course What Women Wore to the R…
00:42:26 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
The Battle of Versailles: 50 Years Later with "Halstonette" Chris Royer
This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of American fashion's greatest moments: the Battle of Versailles. "Halstonette" Chris Royer joins us to discuss her first hand account of modeling in the n…
00:52:32 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
Fashion History Now #59
It's official!!! In today's episode we announce the launch of Dressed: The School of Fashion, chat about Prada's upcoming trip to the moon and recommend some fashion history newsletters to follow.
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00:34:48 |
Thu 23 Nov 2023
Jane Austen's Wardrobe, an interview with Dr. Hilary Davidson
Have you ever pondered, 'but, what would Jane Austen wear?' We have all the answers for you in this episode, as Dr. Hilary Davidson joins us to talk about her two books: Dress in the Age of Jane Aust…
00:54:10 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Fashion History Now #58
In today's episode, we answer some listener mail about what is and what isn't fast fashion, discuss the documentary Unboxing Shein and chat about the latest news from The Met's Costume Institute.
Rec…
00:31:13 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Ann Lowe: American Couturier, an interview with Elizabeth Way
Custom couturier to brides, debutantes and American socialites, including Jacqueline Bouvier and Marjorie Merriweather Post, The Saturday Evening Post once called Ann Lowe "society's best kept secret…
00:50:44 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion with Mitchell S. Jackson
Just as fashion is more than pretty clothes, basketball is more than just a game. Pulitzer Prize winning author Mitchell S. Jackson joins us to discuss why the relationship between fashion and basket…
00:39:03 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
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