Dressed Classic: When Fashion Kills, an interview with Dr. Alison Matthews David
19 July 2024 - 53 minsThis week we bring you one of our past favorite episodes from the Dressed closet. Dr. Alison Matthews David joins us to speak about her book and exhibition Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present which explores killer fashion and the myriad of ways clothing has historically been involved in incidents of untimely deaths.
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Fashion History Mystery #40: What's a Dickie? (Dressed Classic)
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 megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 mins
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Fashion Adventures in Wonderland: Dressed x Dressed Fancy, an interview with Lucy Clayton and Dr. Benjamin Wild (Dressed Classic)
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 titles Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour
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Fashion History Now #37: An Interview with Savile Row Tailor Jihae An (Dressed Classic)
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 of our favorite fashion history titles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
38 mins
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Fashion Oracle: Trend Forecasting to Paper Dolls with David Wolfe (Dressed Classic)
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 over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
59 mins
28 January Finished
The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part II (Dressed Classic)
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 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.fm/adchoices
52 mins
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The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part I (Dressed Classic)
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 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.fm/adchoices
1 hour 10 mins
21 January Finished
