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
Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison
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…
00:55:09 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Fashioned by Sargent, an interview with Dr. Erica Hirshler, part 2
In part two of our 2-part episode on the MFA Boston's exhibition Fashioned by Sargent, art historian Dr. Erica Hirshler re-joins us to speak about some of Sargent's most famous works including Madame…
00:35:40 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Fashioned by Sargent: an interview with Dr. Erica Hirshler, part 1
All this week, Dr. Erica Hirshler joins us to talk about the sartorial stylings of one of history's great painters of fashion, John Singer Sargent. In part one of this two-part episode, we learn a bi…
00:43:00 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Fashioning the Gilded Age: Tariffs, Thieves, and TV with Dr. Elizabeth L. Block, Part II
Nothing gets between a woman and her fashion! Dr. Elizabeth Block joins us for part two of our episode on Gilded Age fashion in a discussion on fashionable smuggling, thievery, and the costumes of Gi…
00:30:57 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Fashioning the Gilded Age: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion with Dr. Elizabeth L. Block, Part I
Dr. Elizabeth Block joins us to discuss her book Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion which celebrates the lesser known figures behind the international success of the French haute co…
00:47:56 |
Tue 24 Oct 2023
What's In Your Closet, Emma P?: Jacques Cartier
This week we launch a new segment of Dressed! What's In Your Closet episodes will delve into the items in your closets. In our inaugural episode, we investigate listener Emma P's late 1940s jacket by…
00:22:23 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Let's Party Like it's 1889!: Etiquette of the Fête in Gilded Age New York
Anticipating the premier of The Gilded Age season 2 next week, we examine the practices and pitfalls of party etiquette of the American elite during the late 19th century.
Past Dressed episode: Call …
00:54:24 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Fashion History Now #57
From 19th-century hand-embroidered laundry pillows to the fashion fantasy dreamscapes of Tilda Swinton and Tim Walker, we bring you the latest news from fashion history and fashion history in the mak…
00:34:39 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Fashion History Titles from the Dressed Bookshelf
We highlight a few of our favorite fashion history titles from the hundreds on the Dressed bookshelf.
Books discussed in today's episode:
Chinese Dress in Detail by San Fong Chan
China Adorned: R…
00:48:42 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Wear Next: Fashioning the Future, an interview with Clare Press, part 2
In part two of our episode with sustainability communicator Clare Press of the podcast Wardrobe Crisis, we discuss a whole host of innovators who are currently plotting fashion's brighter future. Her…
00:57:52 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
Wear Next: Fashioning the Future, an interview with Clare Press, part 1
Our favorite fashion activist and fellow podcastress, Clare Press of Wardrobe Crisis, joins us in this first installment of this week's two-part episode discussing her latest book Wear Next: Fashioni…
00:42:29 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
From the Moulin Rouge to Elvis: Costuming Fashion History with Catherine Martin, Part II
Costume and production designer Catherine Martin takes us behind the seams of her and her team's work on the 2022 Elvis biopic, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Austin Butler.
Want more Dressed…
00:25:30 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
From the Moulin Rouge to Elvis: Costuming Fashion History with Catherine Martin, Part I
Four time Academy Award winning costume and production designer Catherine Martin joins us to talk about her illustrious four plus decade long career designing some of the most beloved blockbuster hit…
00:48:46 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
Fashion History Now #56
This week we catch up on the departure of more than one notable fashion designer, recommend a bevy of documentaries out now on the modeling industry, chat about the Sotheby's recent Fashion Icons sal…
00:37:47 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
"It's Got Pockets!": Gender and Pocket Parity, an interview with Dr. Hannah Carlson
This week we address our most requested topic of all time: 'why do women's garments have fewer pockets?!' Dr. Hannah Carlson joins us to discuss her recently released book Pockets: An Intimate Histor…
00:50:20 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Medieval Peasant Pageantry with Greedy Peasant's Tyler Gunther
Oh the perils of being a Medieval, tassel loving peasant in the 21st century! In this episode, we meet Tyler Gunther, the peasant behind Greedy Peasant, the queer, Medieval-era fashion influencer, pa…
00:51:06 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
The First Book of Fashion: 16th Century Fashion Blogging with Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward
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 win…
00:52:50 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Silver Slippers, Disco Dandies, Oh My! Costuming 1975’s “The Wiz”
In this episode, we go "behind the seams" of Geoffrey Holder's whimsical costume designs for the seven-time, Tony Award winning smash hit The Wiz, which opened on Broadway in 1975 and ran for 1672 pe…
00:34:21 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
Hollywood to High Fashion, The Life and Work of Gilbert Adrian, part 2
In the conclusion of our two-part episode on the work of Hollywood designer Gilbert Adrian, we turn our attention away from his time at MGM costuming the likes of Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, and i…
00:55:14 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Fashion History Now #55
This week we get get the inside scoop on a new fashion history television series coming early next year, chat about France's new incentive to encourage it's citizens to repair and mend their clothing…
00:34:14 |
Thu 31 Aug 2023
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