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With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common: everyday, we all get dressed. Join fashion historians April Calahan and Cassidy Zachary in celebrating the who, what, when of why we wear throughout history and around the world.

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This week we revisit two of our all-time favorite episodes with FIDM Museum curators Kevin Jones and Christina Johnson. Their traveling exhibition Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls, 1800-1960 is a definitive retrospective of women’s participation in and their incredible wardrobes pour le sport.Exhibition catalog:  Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls, 1800-1960. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week we revisit two of our all-time favorite episodes with FIDM Museum curators Kevin Jones and Christina Johnson. Their traveling exhibition Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls, 1800-1960 is a definitive retrospective of women’s participation in and their incredible wardrobes pour le sport.Recommended reading: Jones, Kevin and Christina Johnson. Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls, 1800-1960. London: Prestel Publishing, 2021.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
What stories can our clothes tell? This week we celebrate the groundbreaking exhibition Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore with curators Kiki Smith and Keren Ben-Horin. The exhibit is the first to display the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection which prizes the everyday clothing of ordinary women, from hard-worn house dresses to psychedelic micro minis and modern suits to fast-food workers’ uniforms.Can’t see the exhibit in person? Get the book here!Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
What stories can our clothes tell? This week we celebrate the groundbreaking exhibition Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore with curators Kiki Smith and Keren Ben-Horin. The exhibit is the first to display the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection which prizes the everyday clothing of ordinary women, from hard-worn house dresses to psychedelic micro minis and modern suits to fast-food workers’ uniforms.Can’t see the exhibit in person? Get the book here!Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week, we revisit one our Halloween-themed episodes from 2018 in which we "dissect" the iconic flapper look from head to toe.Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
For artist Frida Kahlo, clothing, art and identity were inextricably linked. This week, we revisit our 2018 episode that accompanied the V&A exhibition: Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, which explored the ways Kahlo constructed her iconic image using the clothing and accessories she put on her body.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Amid the French Revolution, a youth subculture became notorious for adopting styles so extreme they were dubbed 'incredible' and 'marvelous.' In this 2018 episode from the Dressed archive, we speak about some of fashion's first hipsters: the incroyablesand the merveilleuses.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Please enjoy this episode from the Dressed archive on fashion, politics and the French Revolution, a tumultuous period when the clothes you wore could be a matter of life or death. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Researchers rejoice! Today we continue our deep dive on American fashion history with Natalie Nudell, who joins us for an update on her multivalent project analyzing and making accessible the Fashion Calendar. Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar served as American fashion’s organizational hub for more than seven decades and is an invaluable record of time, place, commerce and the history of design.Recommended resources:Fashion Calendar databaseIn American Fashion: Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar@fcrd_fitWant more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week’s deep dive into the history of American fashion begins with a conversation with Nancy MacDonell who joins us to discuss her newest book Empresses of 7th Avenue: WWII, New York City and the Birth of American Fashion which details the pantheon of women behind the rise of American fashion during the 1940s.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this week’s two part episode, Dr. Elizabeth L. Block joins us to discuss the cultural significance of hair and hairdressing in 19th century America, introducing us to the spaces and faces that defined this booming industry and profession and are the subject of her new book Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing.More from Elizabeth L. Block:Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of HairdressingElizabeth's InstagramWant more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
We've often discussed what stories are woven into the clothes we wear, but what about those braided into our hair? In this week’s two part episode, Dr. Elizabeth L. Block joins us to discuss the cultural significance of hair and hairdressing in 19th century America, introducing us to the spaces and faces that defined this booming industry and profession and are the subject of her new book Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing.More from Elizabeth L. Block:Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of HairdressingElizabeth's InstagramWant more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Following up on our wildly popular 2022 episode on obscure fashion terms from history, we bring you an all new two-part episode from A to Z!Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Following up on our wildly popular 2022 episode on obscure fashion terms from history, we bring you an all new two-part episode from A to Z!Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Based on her one-woman show, WHat I wORE to Work, this week Jo Weldon joins us for a two-part episode to explore the "intersection of fashion, culture and sex work." In part II, we hear about the laws governing what strippers can and cannot wear, what Jo herself wore in her many roles within the sex industry and her ongoing work as a sex worker activist.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Based on her one-woman show, WHat I wORE to Work, this week Jo Weldon joins us for a two-part episode to explore the "intersection of fashion, culture and sex work." From the brothels of Ancient Greece to Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, part I explores sex worker style throughout history and its centuries-long influence on high fashion.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Amber-Dawn Bear Robe joins us to discuss the Indigenous fashion on view on and off the runway at this year's SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market.More SWAIA Fashion:Website and InstagramWant more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Innovation and Indigenous fashion have gone hand in hand for time  immemorial. From the original "couturiers" of America to those that represent the art form today, we explore the past, present and future of Indigenous design innovation with a compilation of past guest interviews.Guests featured in order of appearance:Christian Allaire joined us in 2020 and 2021Orlando Dugi joined us in 2022Amber-Dawn Bear Robe joined us in 2020, 2023, and 2024Korina Emmerich joined us in 2019Jontay Kahm joined us in 2022Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
We conclude our original four part series on Dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete with a brand new episode celebrating fashion—and fashion history—at this year’s Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (Paris Olympics 2024).Recommended reading:Vogue WorldGymnastic LeotardsMichel & Amazonka Instagram Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
From Sappho to Stonewall-and-beyond, this week we explore than 2,600 years of lesbian fashion history as Eleanor Medhurst joins us to discuss her recently released book Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Masoud Aboutalebi

❤️🙏🌹

May 18th
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samin mt

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Jasmine Ko

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Sep 23rd
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Vivian Evans

My grandmother worn cats eyes glasses and they were not a sexy or classy look at all.

Jun 17th
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Mar 7th
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Darian Sandmartin

Great talk! So unfortunate that the mic quality is mediocre :(

Feb 22nd
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Jan 20th
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Leah Tverly

ouch huge bummer i had to listen to more than 2 minutes of obnoxious TelaNovela advertisements before the actual podcast.

Dec 28th
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Hannah Morgan

Fantastic guest, so interesting to listen to not only the history, but also how she has recreated period garments.

Oct 13th
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Hannah Morgan

Love this way of covering the history of fashion, and I found the history of fans really interesting.

Sep 9th
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Janelle Dollery-Tremlett

Loved this episode so much I bought both books. Thank you for a wonderful podcast. It has opened my eyes to fashion, history, culture and encouraged my creative side. keep up the amazing work.

May 26th
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Sylvia S

Just a compliment to the hosts to say how much I enjoy this podcast. It's one of my favourites. I love all things clothes and I've learned so much by listening!

Mar 19th
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April Barlow

Amazing! What a fantastic man and interview!

Jul 8th
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Sophie Mueller

Swooning over every episode. Love your work ladies!!!!!

Apr 9th
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Kendra Nichole

OMG, I thank God for you ladies and this podcast. I am about to show my first full collection in May and I was trying to decide if I wanted to attempt to do my 12 looks by hand or sewing machine. I am establishing a haute couture label and brand but starting out I do not have the luxurious fabrics so I wanted to at least hone the craft of hand sewing. This episode has lifted a great burden off of my heart and mind. Thank you ladies!!!!

Mar 29th
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Deirdre Macken

Well done lovely to listen to thank you.

Oct 11th
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Esther Victoria

I recently stumbled upon your podcast......and I must say that I am completely addicted to it!

Sep 25th
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W.M Esq

I enjoyed your history of the swimsuit. In the course of my own research for an article on the history of the bikini, I found a couple of things which might be of interest to you and your listeners. The bikini at its debut was actually, believe it or not, a g-string. (Louis Reard himself referred to it as, "Three triangles of nothing".) It was only later in the year of its premeire that Reard introduced a four-panel version. Also, Jacques Heim first designed the Atom in 1932.  Its premiere in 1946 was actually his third attempt to introduce it to the public. He first tried in 1932/33, and then again in 1939. Unfortunately for him this latter attempt coincided with the outbreak of world war II. Really enjoying your show. Keep up the great work!

Jul 31st
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Chase Johnson

I have wanted something like this for a while. Great work. I hope to see you venture into men’s fashion history as well.

May 8th
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Chloe-Jane Bonney

Such a welcome new podcast! Inspirational and fun, can't wait for the next episode!!

Apr 14th
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