With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Every day we all get dressed. Join Dressed as we explore the social and cultural histories behind the who, what, when of why we wear.
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Fern Mallis joins us today to speak about her career which spans six decades of shaping, supporting and championing first American fashion, and later turning her expertise towards developing fashion weeks around the globe. 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
Internationally beloved teacher, mentor, and fashion authority Tim Gunn returns to Dressed to discuss his sixteen seasons at Project Runway and the origins of his famous catchphrase "Make it work." Want More Tim Gunn: Tim's Instagram Tim's 2022 Dressed Interview 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
One of the most iconic dresses in fashion history, the finely pleated, Grecian-inspired "Delphos" gown is synonymous with Mariano Fortuny, but it should be credited to his partner in life and work Henriette Negrin. This is her story. Recommended resources: "More than a Muse" article Google Arts & Culture article on the Delphos "The Knossos Scarf" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A'Lelia Bundles joins us to discuss the remarkable life of her great-grandmother--and namesake--A'Lelia Walker, a defining figure of the Harlem Renaissance and the subject of her recently published book Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. More from A'Lelia Bundles: “Madame C.J. Walker” Dressed episode On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker Instagram 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
In part two of our episode on the 19th century English dandy Beau Brummell, Dr. Chloe Chapin joins us again to question the many myths surrounding Brummell, and we take a closer look at what the historical record actually reveals. 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
This week we continue the life, legend and myth of arguably the most famous dandy of all time, Beau Brummell. In part one of this episode, Dr. Chloe Chapin joins us to establish his biography and regale us with the many anecdotes of Brummell's sartorial snobbery. 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
Monica L. Miller joins us all this week to discuss her groundbreaking exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which celebrates over 300 years of Black style through the lens of dandyism. On view now at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until October 26th, 2025. Further learning: Monica's tour of the exhibit tour Superfine catalog Slaves to Fashion book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Monica L. Miller joins us all this week to discuss her groundbreaking exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which celebrates over 300 years of Black style through the lens of dandyism. On view now at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until October 26th, 2025. Further learning: Monica's tour of the exhibit tour Superfine catalog Slaves to Fashion book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we introduce you to one of our favorite history podcasts, History Daily. And one of the reasons that we think you all will enjoy History Daily's content is we share a common belief as they say that “History is human.” History Daily finds the overlooked and often forgotten human stories behind the names and dates of ordinary history. Which we love! Please enjoy these two fifteen minute History Daily episodes on historical figures for whom fashion and dress played somewhat of defining role in their lives… a couple of sassy lady pirates and then after the sponsor break, an episode about Marie Antoinette's husband, King Louis XVI. Happy listening and Dressed will be back as regularly scheduled next week. 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
Our latest edition of "Fashion History Now" is an around the world journey. From Japan to Australia to New York, we shine the spotlight on documentaries, exhibitions, and ethical products that celebrate fashion's past, present and future. To enjoy: Hazel Village's ethically made woodland animals To follow: Keita Motoji's Linkedin Instagram: @kimonoreborntokyo, @tokyokimonoshoes To visit/attend: Chicago History Museum's Dressed in History exhibition Live recording of Dressed in Chicago Sargent and Paris at The Met in NYC Fashion and Interiors: A Gendered Affair at Momu Antwerp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this week's two-part episode, we explore the work of the "phantasmagoric couturier" Leigh Bowery, who has been described as "artist and art object, a thing to see, to experience." Primarily using dress and his own body as his medium of expression, Bowery's work was equally at home in contemporary art institutions and in the London club scene during the 1980s and 1990s. Tate Modern curator Fiontán Moran joins us this week to speak about the exhibition Leigh Bowery! which is on view now at the Tate through August 31, 2025. 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
In this week's two-part episode, we explore the work of the "phantasmagoric couturier" Leigh Bowery, who has been described as "artist and art object, a thing to see, to experience." Primarily using dress and his own body as his medium of expression, Bowery's work was equally at home in contemporary art institutions and in the London club scene during the 1980s and 1990s. Tate Modern curator Fiontán Moran joins us this week to speak about the exhibition Leigh Bowery! which is on view now at the Tate through August 31, 2025. 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
This week we hear from some of our very favorite guests: YOU! From your questions about Medieval millinery to Brooke Shield's infamous campaign for Calvin Klein jeans when she was just 15 and a fashion history archive recommendation today we answer and review your listener mail. 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
On May 18th, 1908, 3 fashion models were reportedly arrested at Paris's Longchamps racecourse. But just what was so criminal about the clothing they wore? On this first edition of our new "Dressed Diaries" series, we head back in time and straight into the pages of fashion history to investigate this scandalous event. Find Sue Ralph's blog post on Margaine-Lacroix here. 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
We bring you Part II of our annual coverage of the most anticipated fashion history event of the year: the 2025 Met Gala which accompanies The Costume Institute's sure to be blockbuster exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. 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
We bring you Part I of our annual coverage of the most anticipated fashion history event of the year: the 2025 Met Gala which accompanies the Costume Institute's sure to be blockbuster exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. 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
Fashion curator and organizer Amber-Dawn Bear Robe is back to tell us all about the first ever Native Fashion Week Santa Fe 2025, one of the largest Indigenous Fashion Weeks in America, "where legacy meets the avant-garde." 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
The work of internationally renowned fashion designer and traditional Haida artist Dorothy Grant embodies "10,000 years of living Haida culture." She joins us to discuss her groundbreaking, four decade long career in celebration of the first monograph of her life and work Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread. 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
In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part II, we chat about our “behind the seams” morning tours of two of the oldest, family owned and operated businesses in New York's legendary Garment District and our fashion history-packed afternoon at the New York Historical Society! Featured past Dressed guests: M&S Schmalberg's website and Instagram, Dressed interview Tom's Sons International Pleating's website and Instagram, Project Golden Bear, Four Empty Walls documentary, Dressed interview Cheyney McKnight's website, Instagram, Dressed Interview Real Clothes Real Lives exhibition, Dressed interview with Keren Ben-Horin and Kiki Smith 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
In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part I, we chat about our immersive day-long tours of the Fashion Institute of Technology and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Episodes with our featured guests: Dress Like an Egyptian, an interview with Dr. Colleen Darnell Making Lace: Then and Now, an interview with Eleana Kanagy-Loux Part I and Part II 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
In Part II of this week's episode, Dr. Colleen Hill joins us to speak about some of the incredible objects in her exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities which is on view at The Museum at FIT through April 20. 2025. From the rare Victorian era sterling silver posey to the insatiable mind of Alexander McQueen, Fashioning Wonder is reminds us of the awe-inspiring power of fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
All this week we endeavor to spark your sartorial curiosity as Dr. Colleen Hill joins us to speak about her exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities which is on view at The Museum at FIT through April 20, 2025. In Part I, we delve into the history of the wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosity, during the 16th-early 18th centuries and learn about some of the types of fashion objects found in these collections, which are often cited as the precursors to modern museum collections. 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
Welcome to the first Fashion History Now of Season 8, where we bring you the latest news fashion history happening today. To Follow: Cheeky fashion satire @refashionedhippie Hair history @thehairhistorian, Five Medieval Hair Recipes To Read: A Brief History of Anrealage The Many Lives of Gigi Hadid Marion Morehouse, The World's First Supermodel Rosita Missoni's Life in Pictures To Watch: Anrealage A/W 2025/26 runway show,The Cash Cuff Shirt 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
For our debut of Season 8 of Dressed, we bring you the first of our new ongoing series: Fashion Scandals. Today we whisk you into the scandal swirling around surrounding one of the most famous paintings in all of art history, John Singer Sargent's Madame X. We will meet the subject, the American-born Parisian It-Girl Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, and learn just how her appearance in Sargent's portrait shocked even the most jaded of Parisians when it was displayed at one of the world's most prestigious art exhibitions, the Salon de Paris, in 1884. 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
A quick message from April and Cassidy as they take a break over the next few weeks to make exciting and new Dressed content. Follow along on Instagram @dressed_podcast, email them at hello@dressedhistory.com, and/or join them in Paris this summer at www.likemindstravel.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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For forty plus years, Anne Sykes (1818-1890) documented her life through fabric, creating a dress diary comprised of two thousand plus textile swatches that made its way into the hands of today's guest, dress historian Kate Strasdin. Kate unravels the fabrics of Anne's life and the world within which she lived in her new book The Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In part two of our examination of hip hop style, we chat about iconic sneaker looks, high fashion's love affair with hip hop style and some of hip hop's beauty trends across the decades. RECOMMENDED READING: Romero, Elena and Elizabeth Way. Fresh Fly Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style. New York: Rizzoli Electra, 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop! All this week co-curators Elena Romero and Elizabeth Way join us to speak about their book and exhibition Fresh Fly Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style which is currently on view at The Museum at FIT through April 23, 2023. RECOMMENDED READING: Romero, Elena and Elizabeth Way. Fresh Fly Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style. New York: Rizzoli Electra, 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, we celebrate Lebanese fashion history, heritage, and craftsmanship with Joe Challita, founder of the Lebanese Fashion History Foundation. Follow along on Instagram @lebanesefashionhistory or https://www.instagram.com/lebanesefashionhistory/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From the most toxic makeup in history to the world's first sunglasses, we discuss all things fashion and The Guinness Book of World Records with Senior Editor Benjamin Hollingum. More records to be found at www.guinnessworldrecords.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we discuss the recent Spring/Summer 2023 couture shows, some upcoming fashion auctions and how April and Cassidy both got suckered in by AI sneakers. Additional Reading: Rococco AI sneakers: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4Czkct6kl/ Auctions: Augusta Auctions: https://augusta-auction.com André Leon Tally: https://www.christies.com/auction/the-collection-of-andre-leon-talley-20995-nyr Celluloid Prison Rings article: https://fashionandrace.org George Santos' style: Givhan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/24/lying-congressman-his-crewnecks/, Friedman:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/style/george-santos-style.html Spring/Summer 2023 Haute Couture week: https://hautecouture.fhcm.paris/en/ Adidas vs. Thom Browne: https://www.gq.com/story/thom-brown-adidas-stripes-lawsuit-verdict See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saddle up, Dressed listeners! Today Dr. Sonya Abrego joins us to speak about the multicultural influences in American westernwear and how the style--once considered workwear--made the cross-over into high fashion. RECOMMENDED READING: Abrego, Sonya. Westernwear: Postwar American Fashion and Culture. New York: Bloomsbury, 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We continue to explore the landmark exhibition Africa Fashion with Dr. Christine Checinska, Senior Curator Africa and Diapsora Fashion at the Victoria and Albert museum. More on the exhibit can be found here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/africa-fashionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We are joined by artist, designer, and master storyteller Dr. Christine Checinska, Senior Curator Africa and Diapsora Fashion at the Victoria and Albert museum and Lead Curator of the museum's groundbreaking exhibition Africa Fashion. Featuring 45 designers from over 20 countries, the exhibition celebrates the creativity, innovation, history, and global impact of the thriving contemporary African fashion scene. More on the exhibit cam be found here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/africa-fashionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In part two of our examination of Vivienne Westwood's career, Alexander Fury joins us to discuss Westwood's transition from the world of sub-cultural style to the high fashion runway, her obsession with fashion history and details many of her groundbreaking fashion 'firsts.' RECOMMENDED READING: Fury, Alexander. Vivienne Westwood: Catwalk. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In late December 2022, fashion lost one of its greats. In part one of this two-part episode, Alexander Fury joins us to explore the life and career of Vivienne Westwood from her early years as a kindergarten teacher in the 1960s to her surprising about-face to become one of the defining creative voices in the UK punk scene during the 1970s. RECOMMENDED READING: Fury, Alexander. Vivienne Westwood: Catwalk. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After a deep dive into etiquette manuals, we explore the complex codes of introductions and calling during the 19th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fashion history and crime labs may seem like strange bedfellows. This week we speak to real-life dress detective, Amber Butchart, about her work in forensics and fashion history applications outside of museums and design studios.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We continue to explore the intimate relationship between fashion and film from World War II into the 1970s. Recommended Reading: Deborah Nadoolman Landis's Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design (Harper Design, 2007) Hollywood Costume (Harry N. Abrams, 2013) Christopher Laverty's Fashion in Film (Laurence King, 2016) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this two-part episode, we celebrate the hundred and thirty plus year love affair between fashion and film. Recommended Reading: Deborah Nadoolman Landis's Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design (Harper Design, 2007) Hollywood Costume (Harry N. Abrams, 2013) Christopher Laverty's Fashion in Film (Laurence King, 2016) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we speak with Paris-based fashion journalist Dana Thomas about the rise of fashion fashion and its true cost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In today's Dressed Classic episode, Miren Arzalluz, Director of the Palais Galliera in Paris, joins us to discuss the "master of us all," Cristóbal Balenciaga.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, we continue our exploration of the century long love affair between fashion and the showgirl. Recommended Reading and Viewing: Es-pranza Humphrey's article “Fashioning the Black Chorus Girl" Elspeth Brown's Work! A Queer History of Modeling Marcel Sauvage's Les Mémoires de Joséphine Baker Baker's 1931 Casino de Paris performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86HqDSY9l9A Robin Givhan's The Battle of Versaiiles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With her towering headwear and sparkling body suit, the showgirl is an instantly recognizable, cross cultural pop icon. This two part episode from the Dressed arhcives explores her lesser known relationship to fashion, a love affair that extends back over one hundred years. Recommended Reading: Andrea Stuart's Showgirls Linda Mizejewski, Ziegfeld Girl: Image and Icon in Culture and Cinema Jane Merrill's The Showgirl Costume: An Illustrated History See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In what has now become an annual tradition, April and Cassidy 'exchange' some of their favorite gifts from fashion's past and present.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week Modern artist Marcel Duchamp is unmasked as a dandy! Dr. Ingrid Mida joins us to talk about one of art history's greatest minds, his personal relationship with fashion, and the subject matter of dress in his work. RECOMMENDED READING: Mida, Ingrid E.. Dressing and Undressing Duchamp: New York: Bloomsbury, 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
April and Cassidy continue their overview of episodes across the past five seasons of Dressed, exploring themes from fashion icons to living legends.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With over 350 episodes of Dressed under our proverbial belt, Cassidy and April break down some of their favorites by theme. A fun reminder for our seasoned listeners or a guide for those who may be new to the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Photo detective Maureen Taylor demonstrates her work by solving a family history mystery inside Cassidy's treasured heirloom locket.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Maureen Taylor, one of the world foremost photo detectives, joins us to discuss the role of fashion in her work solving family history mysteries. Maureen's Work: www.maureentaylor.com Louis Takács's Ellis Island Photography Project: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/let-me-get-there/index See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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