Dressed: The History of Fashion

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 pleating enterprise Tom’s Sons International Pleating, a staple of New York City’s Garment District since the 1970s. Tom's Sons International Pleating's website and Instagram Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 residency in Las Vegas. Her show Dita Las Vegas: A Jubilant Revue is onstage now at the Jubilee Theater, formerly home to iconic acts including Frank Sinatra as well as the showgirl review Jubilee, which ran for 40 years. Dita chats with us about reviving many of the original Jubilee costumes which were designed by Bob Mackie in the 1970s. Past Dressed episodes of interest: Fashion and the Showgirl, part 1 Fashion and the Showgirl, part 2 Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 120 of our favorite fashion history titles Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 scene, Dita's impact on contemporary visual culture cannot be underestimated. In part one of this two-part episode, we chat about her relationship with vintage style on and off stage and some of the amazing designers she works with to create her unique brand of unparalleled glamour. Past Dressed episodes of interest: The Origin of the Poodle Skirt The Incredible Origin of Cat-Eye Glasses Fashion and the Showgirl, part 1 Fashion and the Showgirl, part 2 Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 120 of our favorite fashion history titles Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Revolution Books for our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles 18th Century Beauty Box 18th Century Beauty Spots Pressed flower dye kit Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 now legendary fashion face-off between French haute couture and American design. Want more Battle of Versailles? The King of Sexy Cling: An Interview with Stephen Burrows The Magic of 1970s Fashion with Pat Cleveland, Part I and Part II Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison Eleanor Lambert: Empress of 7th Avenue The Battle of Versailles, An Interview with Robin Givhan Robin Givhan's New York Time's Bestselling book The Battle of Versailles Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Recommendations: Sign up for our first class: What Women Wore to the Revolution, Part I IKEA's Designer Towel Skirt Fashion Newsletters: Laura Beltran Rubio, Laura McLaws Helm, Jo Weldon Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 120 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Austen and Jane Austen's Wardrobe. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Recommended: Fashion Revolution Transparency Index Good On You The True Cost documentary Unboxing Shein Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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." Today, we explore the true breadth of Lowe's career with fashion curator Elizabeth Way who joins us to speak about her exhibition Ann Lowe: American Couturier, which is currently on view through January 7, 2024 at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Recommended reading: Way, Elizabeth, ed. Ann Lowe: American Couturier, New York: Rizzoli Electra, 2023. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 basketball matters historically and today. Purchase Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion Mitchell's website Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Invisible Beauty Bethann's website Our Battle of Versailles interview with Robin Givan Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 X and his sensuous portraits of male style icons of the day. Recommended reading: Hirshler, Erica, et al eds. Fashioned by Sargent. Boston: MFA Publications, 2023. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 bit about Sargent's international upbringing and career as well as his sometimes dictatorial role in styling his sitters. The exhibition Fashioned by Sargent is currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston through January 15, 2024. Recommended reading: Hirshler, Erica, et al eds. Fashioned by Sargent. Boston: MFA Publications, 2023. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Gilded Age Season 2! Get your hands on a copy of Dr. Block's book Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion here. Relevant past Dressed episodes: Smuggled in the Bustle: An Interview with Hind Abdul-Jabbar Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 couture in the late 19th century, most notably their elite American clientele who were driving forces of Gilded Age fashion. Get your hands on a copy of Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion here. Relevant past Dressed episodes: The Vanderbilt Ball A Vanderbilt House Party--The Gilded Age Halloween Costumes and Fancy Dress Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the obscure brand Jacques Cartier. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Me: The Perils of 19th Century Etiquette Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 making. Recommendations: Laundry pillow featured on @historicembroidery Facekinis Dressed episode A Brief History of Sunscreen Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial Cornell's Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tilda Swinton's Singer Sargent Inspired Fashion Fantasy Tilda Swinton in Orlando (1992) Tilda Swinton in 3000 Years of Longing (2022) Tilda Swinton/Olivia Saillard Impossible Wardrobes Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: Ritual and Custom of Ancient Cultures by Professor Deng Qiyao Patchwork: A World Tour by Catherine Legrand Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias and the Birth of an Industry by Lauren Downing Peters Creating African Fashion Histories: Politics, Museums, and Sartorial Practices Vintage Fashion: A Complete Sourcebook by Nicky Albrechtsen How to Be Fabulous: Sustainable, Second-Hand Style on a Shoestring by Charlotte Dallison Fashioning Submission: Documenting Fashion, Taste and Identity in WW2 Italy through “Bellezza” Magazine by Silvia Vacirca The World According to Lee McQueen The World According to Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent & Art Fashion and the Art of Pochoir Past Dressed episodes discussed in today's episode: The Fabric of Life: An Interview with Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Loretta Pettway Bennett A History of Stoutwear, an interview with Dr. Lauren Downing-Peters Fashion and the Art of Pochoir Africa Fashion with Dr. Christine Checinska Part I and Part II Fashion History Now #51: How to Shop for Vintage Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse with Clarissa Esguerra and Michaela Hansen Favorite Fashion History Books Fashion History Mystery #59: In Their Own Words: Autobiographies from Fashion's Greats Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 latest book, Wear Next: Fashioning the Future is out now! Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: Fashioning the Future. Recommended reading: What's the matter with Shein?! CBS News Time magazine Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! *due to international distribution quirks Wear Next cannot appear on our bookshelf at this time :/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 hits of all time, including Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 sale and so much more! We also give you updates on our New York fashion history day tours... Dressed's NYC day tours December 7-9th, 2023 Sarah Burton Exits Alexander McQueen Marc Bohan Passes at Age 97 Sotheby's Fashion Icons Sale The Supermodels Invisible Beauty Donyale Luna New York Textile Month Check out our Dressed bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 History of How We Keep Things Close. RECOMMENDED READING: Carlson, Hannah. An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close. New York: Algonquin Books, 2023. You can find Dr. Carlson's book and many more of our favorite fashion history books on our online bookshelf! Keep abreast of our latest trips and tours at www.dressedhistory.com. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, pageant planner, and unlikely social media star who has taken the world by storm. For more Greedy Peasant: Greedy Peasant’s website Greedy Peasant’s Patreon Greedy Peasant’s Instagram Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 window into the period within which they lived. Historians Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward join us to discuss this extraordinary primary source which was published in full color as The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthäus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 performances before closing in 1979. Recommended Reading: The Wiz costumes in the collection of the NMAAHC André de Shield's article Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 instead look at the rise of his fashion house Adrian, Ltd. Creating both custom made-to-measure looks for individual clients as well as 'immediate wear' which retailed at the finest US department stores, Adrian's took the American fashion scene by storm in the 1940s. RECOMMENDED READING: Esquevin, Christian. Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label. New York: Monicelli Press, 2008. Gutner, Howard. Gowns by Adrian: The MGM Years 1928-1941. New York: Harry N.Abrams Inc., 2001. Stanley, Leonard and Mark A. Vieira. Adrian: A Lifetime of Movie Glamour, Art and High Fashion. New York: Rizzoli, 2019. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, and shed a few tears over the Loose Ends Project which assists with completing needlework and sewing projects left unfinished by loved ones. We also detail the itinerary of our December 2023 fashion history trip to NYC. Recommended links: Dressed Fashion History Tour of NYC Loose Ends Project French Citizens Get Paid to Mend Take This Token podcast Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of American fashion's greats, the work Gilbert Adrian defined classic Hollywood glamour and pushed high fashion in new directions during the 1930s and 40s. In part 1 of this two-part episode, we examine Adrian's early years, and his role as head costume designer at MGM, where he turned screen stars, like Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, into fashion icons. RECOMMENDED READING: Esquevin, Christian. Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label. New York: Monicelli Press, 2008. Gutner, Howard. Gowns by Adrian: The MGM Years 1928-1941. New York: Harry N.Abrams Inc., 2001. Stanley, Leonard and Mark A. Vieira. Adrian: A Lifetime of Movie Glamour, Art and High Fashion. New York: Rizzoli, 2019. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amber-Dawn Bear Robe joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of Indigenous fashion, including the myriad of fashion design talents seen on the runway of this year's Santa Fe Indian Market (SWAIA). For more information on the designers featured in this year's events, check out https://swaianativefashion.org/designers. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The work of the late, great designer Lee Alexander McQueen consistently blurred the lines between fashion and art, a fact celebrated in the exhibition Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse which put his work in conversation with artists who drew on similar themes and visual references. Curators Clarissa Esguerra and Michaela Hansen join us to discuss the exhibition which originated at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2022 and has since been reincarnated at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne as Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec as Alexander McQueen: Art Meets Fashion. Recommended links: LACMA's Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse NGV's Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse MNBAQ's Alexander McQueen--Art Meets Fashion Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's we answer several listeners' requests for an episode on the American womenswear brand Lilli Ann. One of the great runaway success stories of American 20th century fashion, the backstory of the brand takes some twists and turns from its early years in San Francisco's Chinatown, to Lilli Ann's founder's fisticuffs with New York mobsters and his surprising relationship with the French textile industry which garnered Adolph Schuman the prestigious Legion d'Honneur award. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No longer the household name she was during her own time, Dorothy Liebes has been recognized as "one of the greatest designers of the 20th century." Her modernist textile designs were embraced by interior designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright and fashion designers such as her dear friend Bonnie Cashin. This week fashion and textile historian Leigh Wishner joins us to talk about Liebes' incredibly influential career and the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes now on view at the Cooper Hewitt in New York City through February 4, 2024. RECOMMENDED READING: Brown, Susan and Alexa Griffith Winton, eds. A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is all about you, our listeners! We answer a few burning fashion history questions, share some touching stories and chat about the Papa New Guinean bags called 'bilum,' which were recently gifted to us in Paris. LEARN MORE: Threads that Bind Us: The Stories of Bilums Bilum: The Backbone of Papa New Guinea @handmadelocally @bilumsandbaskets Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For centuries, the art and aesthetics of ancient Egypt have captured the imagination of--and served as inspiration for--creatives the world over. Fashion curator Darnell-Jamal Lisby joins us this week to discuss fashion's ongoing love affair with ancient Egypt and The Cleveland Museum of Art's exhibition Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 for Barbie, in front of and behind the seams. ; Recommended Reading: Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie Dan Savage's Ken Comes Out (1993) Barbie's Time Magazine Article (2016) Barbie's Style Instagram 1985-2022 Well Known Designers of the Barbie Dolls Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in episode two of our Barbie fashion history series which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status. Recommended Reading: Ruth Handler's Dream Doll Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie Robin Gerber's Barbie and Ruth Black Barbie documentary Independent article about the Black Barbie documentary "Tracing the History of 'Asian' Barbie" by Kelly Kasulis Billyboy* and Mdvanii Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the digitization of a fashion history treasure trove to Cinderella's real life castle, we discuss the latest things happening in fashion history today. Recommended Browsing: Johnson Publishing Co. Archive The Red Dress Embroidery Project Musée Christian Dior Granville Christian Lacroix exhibition Shakespeare and Company’s book bundle created special for Dressed! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 two part series, we explore the fashion history and cultural significance of the world's most famous doll and meet the fascinating figures behind her creation. Recommended Reading: Ruth Handler's Dream Doll Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie Robin Gerber Barbie and Ruth Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because one episode could not contain all of our Paris adventures! Today we chat about an exhibition on hair and body hair that we saw at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, three fashion exhibitions at the Palais Galliera, fashion and the French Revolution as seen at the Musée Carnavalet and what the dancers at Paris' famed Crazy Horse did--and didn't--wear on-stage. https://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/palace https://madparis.fr/Des-cheveux-et-des-poils-2304 https://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/en Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the houses of the great haute couturiers and courtesans to the oldest haberdasheries and perfume makers in France, this week we take you behind the seams of our recent fashion history tours of Paris. Recommendations: La Galerie Dior Fondation Azzedine Alaïa Musée Yves Saint Laurent Rebecca's Textile Tours of Paris Shakespeare and Company’s book bundle created special for Dressed! Ultramod Annie Bouquet La Droguerie Mokuba Au Ver à Soie Palais Garnier Musée du Parfum, Fragonard La Païva Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By popular demand, we bring you our tips and tricks for shopping for vintage clothing. We discuss natural vs. synthetic fibers, how to date garments based on zippers, labels and provide some online resources to help you identify and date the vintage in your closet. LINKS: FIT Fashion History Timeline Vintage Fashion Guild Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are podcasting LIVE from Paris! Haute couture embroidery designer, archivist and author Nadia Albertini joins us to discuss her 3-year project (and book!) uncovering the forgotten history of the French embroidery house of Rébé, who created some of the most spectacular embroideries used by Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy and Cristóbal Balenciaga. RECOMMENDED READING: Albertini, Nadia. Rébé: broderies haute couture. Montreuil, France: Gourcuff Graden, 2021. Support this podcast or sign up to listen AD-FREE Advertising Inquiries Privacy & Opt-Out Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fifth generation Diné (Navajo) weavers Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas have been instrumental in rewriting the history and narrative surrounding Navajo weaving, a realm that for too long has been dominated by non-Diné voices. This is exemplified by their two groundbreaking books Spider Woman’s Children: Navajo Weavers Today and How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman, as well as their integral role in the creation of the exhibition Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest at the Bard Graduate Center, New York. Curator Hadley Jensen also joins us. Recommended reading and browsing: Lynda and Barbara's books: Spider Woman’s Children: Navajo Weavers Today and How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman Lynda and Barbara's website: https://navajorugweavers.com/ Shaped by the Loom exhibition website: https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/117/n-a 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

This week we take an indepth look into the sacred cultural practice and art form of Diné (Navajo) weaving with internationally acclaimed authors, educators, and fifth generation weavers Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas. Recommended reading and browsing: Lynda's and Barbara's books: Spider Woman’s Children: Navajo Weavers Today and How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman Lynda's and Barbara's website: https://navajorugweavers.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part 2 of this week's episodes about wigs, Jessica Glasscock joins us again to speak about the market for human hair in the 19th century, some of the celebrity hairstylists of the early 20th century, wigs and weaves in black haircare practices and--of course--the importance of wigs in drag culture. RECOMMENDED READING: Glasscock, Jessica. Wigging Out: Fake Hair That Made Real History. New York: Blackdog & Levinthal, 2023. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us all this week to wig out with fashion historian and author, Jessica Glasscock as we explore her recently released book, Wigging Out: Fake Hair That Made Real History. Recommended Reading: Glasscock, Jessica. Wigging Out: Fake Hair That Make Real History. New York: Blackdog & Levnthal, 2023. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of our interview with Chris Royer who joins us for to discuss her life working alongside the legendary designer Halston and her instrumental role in keeping his legacy alive to this very day. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices