This episode is a recording after my Keynote Lecture for the Costumers of Color 2025 Georgian Global Salon. The lecture sheds light on some underrepresented histories of fashion in the eighteenth century. The talk explores how the diversity of fashion practices among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color around the world shaped fashion in the Georgian era. In an increasingly globalized century, fashion became both a form of resistance and an expression of changing, often hybrid, and increasingly complex human and cultural identities.

My most special thanks to Gigi Coulson of Costumers of Color for allowing me to share this lecture and everyone who attended the event for their thoughtful feedback, support and enthusiasm!

Learn more about the Costumers of Color Global Salon at: https://costumersofcolor.org/2025-annual-event/.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:30 The Other Georgian Fashion

09:33 Context: The Georgian Period

14:44 Georgian Fashion: An Overview

20:46 Imperial Fashions in the Georgian Era

31:09 Fashions from the Periphery

46:21 Closing Remarks

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Relevant links & references

Waitlist for upcoming fashion history trips: https://laurabelru.com/travel/

Costumers of Color: https://costumersofcolor.org/

Image references, including links and credits: https://laurabelru.com/the-other-story-of-georgian-fashion-costumers-of-color-global-salon-keynote-lecture/

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