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
A Vanderbilt House Party--The Gilded Age, an Interview with Leslie Klingner
This week we go behind the scenes of Biltmore Estate's latest exhibition A Vanderbilt House Party--The Gilded Age with the estate's Curator of Interpretation Leslie Klingner.
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00:49:22 |
Tue 26 Mar 2019
Fashion History Mystery #6: Origins of Polka Dots
This week we answer a listener question about the origin of poka dots, by diving all the way back to the Middle Ages' taboo about wearing spots.
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00:16:35 |
Thu 21 Mar 2019
A History of Stoutwear, an interview with Dr. Lauren Downing Peters
Dubbed "stoutwear" at the turn of the 20th century, Dr. Lauren Downing Peters joins us this week to discuss the history of plus-size fashion.
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00:46:38 |
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Fashion History Mystery #5: Thierry Mugler
Following Cardi B's stunning vintage ensembles at the 2019 Grammys, we answer the question posed by many listeners: Who is Thierry Mugler?
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Thu 14 Mar 2019
Finding Beauty, an Interview with Photographer Tony Vaccaro
This week, we talk to the photographer Tony Vaccaro about his prolific seventy-plus year career photographing fashion, celebrity and World War. His subjects include Dovima, Verushka, Hubert de Givenc…
00:37:41 |
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Fashion History Mystery #4: To Wear or Not to Wear?
This week Cassidy and April address the question: when is it ok to wear historical clothing and how to preserve our family heirlooms.
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Thu 07 Mar 2019
Historical Costuming with American Duchess
It is one thing to study the history of fashion, it is another thing entirely to wear it! This week we meet historical costumers Lauren and Abby, the women behind the historical shoe company and blog…
00:58:23 |
Tue 05 Mar 2019
Fashion History Mystery #3: Fashion History at the Oscars!
This week, April and Cassidy discuss all things Oscars' fashion!
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00:23:20 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Cult Style: an interview with Sarah Byrd
Where do belief and and clothing intersect? This week we speak to Sarah Byrd about the clothing choices of some of America's fringe religious groups.
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Tue 26 Feb 2019
Fashion History Mystery: Favorite Fashion Books
This week Cassidy and April share their favorite fashion history books of all time!
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00:23:01 |
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Fashion and Flight: Pioneering Aviatrixes, an interview with Katharine Dorny
In the 1920s, the fearless women that took to the skies became celebrities overnight. How did the media spotlight shape early aviatrixes relationship to fashion and flight?
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00:34:12 |
Tue 19 Feb 2019
Fashion History Mystery: How To Become a Fashion Historian
We answer your questions in our Thursday Fashion History Mystery minisodes! This week we answer the question several of you have posed: 'how do you become a fashion historian?'
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00:17:45 |
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Dior: From Paris to the World, an interview with Florence Müller
Just in time for Fashion Week, Dressed is back for Season 2 with a behind-the-scenes look at Denver Art Museum's exhibition Dior: From Paris to the World. We are joined by the exhibition's curator an…
00:50:50 |
Tue 12 Feb 2019
What the Tux?: a History of the Tuxedo, an interview with Chloe Chapin
Ever wonder why "acceptable" forms of dress for men are so prescriptive? So formulaic? In this episode we speak to Chloe Chapin about the origins of men's suits and the tuxedo specifically.
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00:54:37 |
Tue 01 Jan 2019
Black Dandyism: a Cultural History, an interview with Monica L. Miller, Part II
In part two of this two part series, we continue to explore the history of the black dandy into the 20th and 21st centuries with Monica L. Miller, author of the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism…
00:35:32 |
Tue 25 Dec 2018
Black Dandyism: a Cultural History, an interview with Monica L. Miller, Part I
In this illuminating two-part series, we explore the cultural history of black dandyism with Monica L. Miller, author of the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic …
00:49:59 |
Tue 18 Dec 2018
Fashion Lovers: Dorothy Todd & Madge Garland
From 1922 to 1926, lovers Dorothy Todd and Madge Garland transformed British Vogue into a forum for artists, writers and other luminaries of the modernist--and queer--avant-garde.
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00:44:22 |
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Balenciaga: The Master of Us All, an interview with Miren Arzalluz
This week Miren Arzalluz, Director of the Palais Galliera in Paris, joins us to discuss the "master of us all," Cristóbal Balenciaga.
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00:44:51 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
The Battle of Versailles, an interview with Robin Givhan
This week marks the 45th anniversary of one of American fashion's greatest moments. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Robin Givhan joins us to discuss a legendary fashion face-off between French haut…
00:55:10 |
Tue 27 Nov 2018
Bloomerism and Feminism, in Conversation with Stuff Mom Never Told You
Ladies in pants, oh my! We recently had the pleasure of joining Anney Reese on Stuff Mom Never Told You to discuss the history of the short-lived "Bloomerism" movement of the 19th century and its con…
00:50:47 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
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