Fashioning the Enslaved Servant, an interview with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square (Dressed Classic)

Update: 2025-10-31

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This week's Dressed Classic episode revisits our 2020 conversation with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square joins us to discuss some of his object based research into Brooks Brother's coats worn by enslaved servants during the 19th century. Some of the research we discuss in this episode is included in his contributions to the 2025 Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and its associated exhibition catalog.

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Fashioning the Enslaved Servant, an interview with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square (Dressed Classic)

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Fashioning the Enslaved Servant, an interview with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square (Dressed Classic)

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Fashioning the Enslaved Servant, an interview with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square (Dressed Classic)