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Seattle Central Public Library welcomes you into what feels like a physical manifestation of a building in your dreams. The contradictions and programing create a space that is so unique that it's indescribable, Hope and Jackie try anyways.  Come with us to find the strange world of heterotopia, which this season is loosely focused on. We discuss architecture, programming, hysterectomies, polyamory, and of course, heterotopia.    xoxo  

Hope and Jackie are here with some updates and they def recorded this after a night of country dancing so you've been warned. After providing some personal updates, they reminisce about the first season of Avant Gossip, which is basically the same podcast but with better sound quality and a wider focus on urban planning, art, and design. The first season covered topics from artist Hilma af Klint to the significance of roller rinks within the US Civil Rights movement. We're taking you through episode by episode bc if we're being honest a lot of you haven't switched over and we think you'll really like it over there!    Check out Avant Gossip on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!   We're socialists! Follow us on our socials: @avantgossip on tiktok and instagram

Hope and Jackie have a new podcast called Avant Gossip. It's basically the same thing, but we wanted a fresh start and a name that encompasses what we do: read about art, fashion, design, and culture and talk about it (ie discuss meaning, dish hot takes, and look up the sun sign of everyone involved.)   Oh and we finally spent enough money that our sound quality is good.   Please join us over on Avant Gossip!!! Apple Podcast is slow af but you can def find it on Spotify and more to come soon!!   Click here to listen on Spotify

Hope and Jackie are back and recording, but this is just a taste. We are in transition faze and so very exhausted. We have been working hard for season two, while also somehow not doing much at all. So give us a break, ok! :)   We will be rebranding as Avant Gossip and giving more details soon. Stay tuned! xoxo- Hope and Jackie

What did it take to bring modern art to the US? A guy named Alfred Barr Jr., some rich broads, and Picasso finally realizing he hated war. Thus, the Museum of Modern Art was born.   Also, we are switching to a seasonal schedule to check out our socials for our Summer Reading List (soon!) and make sure to follow us and tune in for Season 2 coming in September. @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Jackie and Hope gossip about modern art coming to the US. First off, some hot piece of turn of the century New York lawyer fuck boi ass got really into modern art. Second off, he almost pulled it off. This is our retelling of how he tried to make Modern art cool in the US. "We had cars, but no modern art" Resource: Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to the US by Hugh Eakin    

Vivienne Westwood's runway collections in the 80s and 90s erupted from her research into and obsession with British and French aristocracy. Her belief that culture has waned since the revolutionary era leaps off the runway once you're looking for it. Also did you know there's an island in Scotland where a bunch of hunks are weaving fabric and chanting affirmations? Delta pls sponsor us!   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Buckle up cause this is a jam packed trip. Jackie and Hope cover tid bits of her blossoming into the fashion designer that shaped her career and legacy. From the break up with Malcolm to her environmentalist protesting days, we got it covered.  Listen in to your friends chatting about all the stuff that they know about Vivienne Westwood. xoxo   Main Sources: Vivienne Westwood - Ian Kelly and Vivienne Westwood An Unfashionable Life - Jane Mulvagh   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Vivienne Westwood is a fashion designer who was known for drawing from historical influences and sending messages with her designs. She got her start within the punk scene, brought parody of British royalty into her runways designs, and later became focused on climate issues. And so more so than with other designers we are drawn to asking questions about her ideologies - how did they develop, and to some degree, how genuinely are they reflected in her work?   If you think you have deja vu, you don't. We did do a Vivienne Westwood series last year but we are back with a bigger, better (more researched) series that explores her design ideologies and design craft. This episode focuses on her working class roots, her influence on the punk scene, and how her views were impacted by Malcolm McClaren and The Situationists.   Main Sources: Vivienne Westwood - Ian Kelly and Vivienne Westwood An Unfashionable Life - Jane Mulvagh   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie check in with a quick What's Trending and a plea for some feedback to keep them going down this long winding road called having a podcast. We have been busy toiling away preparing for our new and improved Vivienne Westwood series and also dancing and having existential crises so now would be a good time to tell us we're doing a good job by giving us 5 stars or telling your friends to listen. Or don't! See you in two weeks with the first of two new episodes about Vivienne Westwood. Also sorry about the sound, Hope forgot to turn on her mic isn't that cute?   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie get into bed with fashion history. This episode got it's interesting points on how sex work has impacted the fashion word over time. *Spoiler alert* Sex workers were typically the ones with the cutting edge trends, now and in Ancient Roman times. You will have to just listen to find out all of fashion's dirty lil secrets. xxxx     We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

They're sparkly, they're colorful, they bear images of palm trees and wagon wheels - so why were they worn by dudes who claim to be more interested in race cars than music? Hope and Jackie dissect the meaning of Nudie Suits, sewn for country music stars in the 1940s by Southern California immigrant tailors, before country music turned its back on camp. The story of country music and its dress is one of working class branding, evolving masculine identities, and yes, Orville Peck (though we ALMOST forgot to bring him up.) Go on, get to listenin'!   Source: All That Glitters: Country Music, Taste, and the Politics of the Rhinestone “Nudie Suit” By Peter La Chapelle (2001) Hillbilly Deluxe: ‘Country Couture' and the Performance of Masculinity in Country Music by Janet Aspley (2013) Drag Queens, Cowboys: Cultivating Queer Country Music Through Postmodern Camp by Zamirah Hussain (2022) Music: Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money I've the Time The Flying Burrito Brothers - Lazy Days Lavender Country - Crying These Cocksucking Tears Lonestar - Mr. Mom We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie are back at it again, returning with some ear hole goodness. This time we discuss fashion icon, punk musician, and writer Poly Styrene. She wore a highlighter color scheme that interlaced with her sound, poetry, and art. Her fashion shouted out to the world how scrupulous her frenemy relationship to Dayglo could be. So we dove into the world of Dayglo and asked the important questions, like wtf is Dayglo anyway? Well we get into it and it isn't what you think it is. Tune in to find out!   Some resources for this episode: Punk Legend Poly Styrene's Untold Fashion Influence by Scarlett Newman Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche Documentary Poly Styrene wikipedia https://rbkclibraries.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/fade-to-grey-fashion-and-music-from-the-1980s/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/82792/brief-history-day-glo https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-03/la-me-col1-day-glo-art-fading-lacma-saturn-yellow   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie are back with a full spectrum take on David Batchelor's book Chromophobia and the conversation around the disappearance of color from our world. It's a topic that touches everything from minimalism to Bauhaus, Beige Moms to the Kardashians, Aristotle to... Jesus? Be there or be austere.   Sources: Chromophobia by David Batchelor Science Museum Group Digital Lab study   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

First off, her son who wrote her biography, knows way too much about her sex life. Or are we being to judgey? Second off, Lee Miller is known not only to be war correspondent for Vogue during WWII, she also was the world renown chef for some of the worst food. She really can do it all.  Apologize for those who got this episode with the not so good sound quality from before. Would it be a fashism epsiode tho with out some technical difficulties?!   Sources: The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose Lee Miller in Fashion by Becky Conekin  

Hope and Jackie have fallen for Lee Miller (1907-1977), an iconic 1920s Vogue model, surrealist photographer, and champion of the sad girl aesthetic. Did she meet Conde Nast on the street after almost running into traffic? Was her relationship with her dad creepy by any decade's standards? How did she sneak breast tissue out of a surgery and why did she take a picture of it on plate? These are all topics up for discussion. Sources: The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose Lee Miller in Fashion by Becky Conekin   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Jackie got off her meds for a few weeks, while high on slight tinge of manic, got to writing on this episode. It's a jammed back episode. We go over last year trends, including indie sleaze and cottage core and then take a peak forward to see what to expect for the year of 2023.  We used WGSN 2023 consumer white page reports, the free ones essentially. We also took from The Daily podcast, and discussed their episode on unions.  Lesbian Knitting: From Self-Sufficiency to Self-Representation by Eleanor Medhurst I can't site every tangent, but you get the idea.    We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

It started with some click bait from The Stranger, touting Seattle as the antifashion capital of the world. Hope and Jackie, famously unenthused by Seattle's relentless dependence on outdoor wear, nevertheless had to set the record straight about what exactly antifashion is. The resulting episode melds their thoughts on The Stranger piece, the history of antifashion as told by documentarian Olivier Nicklaus, as well as a collection of tangents that for whatever reason you keep coming back for.   References: Seattle is the Antifashion Capital of the World by Charles Mudede It's Time to Admit that Seattle is a Style Capital by Andrew Matson Antifashion documentary   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie cover the final episode on Edward Enninful's A Visible Man and it's a doozy. More bad Italian accents and Kate Moss anecdotes.  There is even a part where Kate Moss sings to him in front of a bunch of people, then give's Edward Enninful's mother-in-law a kabuki "make-over", which I don't know, sounds bizarre. Especially considering this is at Edward's big, fancy award party in London. Like how does she have that kind of make up on hand like that? Is she just carrying around a bag of make up with the hopes of giving people offensive make overs?? Or is this just how rich people parties are like? Can someone explain??    We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie continue to recap A Visible Man by Edward Enninful, featuring anecdotes about Kate Moss and very sad attempts at Italian accents.   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

We are starting our Edward Enninful deep dive! We read A Visible Man by Edward Enninful, hot off the press. Then we discuss are parties still happening? Jackie says no, Hope disagrees. Listen in!!   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Jackie and Hope are dissecting Power Play and Performance in Harajuku, an article by writer, art historian, and baby bangs icon Amelia Groom. It's basically a who's who of fashion theory and philosophy so get ready to chew on some ideas from Roland Bartes, Pierre Bourdieu, Jean Baudrillard, and even Plato! Please hold their hands as they wade through this delightfully jam-packed text. We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hello, we're getting into the corset and all it's makings. Listen in for how children are like trees and how quotes have been on underwear for a very long time.  The Corset; the Cultural History by Valerie Steele is who we referenced.  We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

They're back, with more vocal fry than ever! If you thought the title was something clever, it's not, it's exactly what the episode is about! Hope and Jackie watch the 2009 documentary The September Issue, which features Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, and the whole Vogue #family as they work on the biggest issue of the year. Instead of watching for funzies, they watch through the lens of Michel Foucault's theory of Panopticism, thinking about the power that Vogue has over our ideas of norms. Enjoy! We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

We are getting into the camp of it all. Hope did some reading on Susan Sontag's Notes on Camp and Jackie tried her hardest not to interrupt. What is camp anyways? Well we dive right into the red, heart shaped pool of camp and swim around the bedazzled remains of our rotting brains for the answers. For the sound bit, Jackie's computer crashed, and she doesn't want to hear about how you're suppose to back up everything every day. She didn't ok! They recorded and the next day gone. So our solution is to amplify her voice that was picking up from Hope's soundtrack. One day we will have perfect sound quality, but you have to stay tuned to find out!! We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

It's a media haul episode, so Hope and Jackie are dining on a cornucopia of juicy topics. They discuss the recent Wall Street Journal article that contemplated the fashion choices of Chris Smalls and other labor organizers. Jackie talks about 3 takeaways she has after a rigorous review of Bama Rush Tiktok. Hope explains an event called Prada Frames where idol-of-the-pod Anna Tsing gave a talk. And finally, they talk about The Beauty of Blackness, a documentary on the revamp of former Ebony Magazine makeup brand Fashion Fair. Come and feast with them and they promise to never use this metaphor again. Sorry for the echo! We had some technical difficulties. Help Amazon workers fight for better working conditions! (actionnetwork.org) WSJ article: Labor Activists Get Fashionable—to the Chagrin of Old-Line Unionists We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Jackie and Hope still need to work on their intro. They discuss bleeding out and where animals went to hide before modern architecture. Then to the meat of it: they discuss Vivienne Westwood's break out collection, Pirates, and the rest is history. Emily Stochl joins at the end to talk about Vivienne's activism and what it means to be an activist within the fashion world. Check out the Fabric Act and sign the petition! instagram: @emilymstochl and tiktok: @emilymstochl We discuss the book The Unfashionable Life of Vivienne Westwood by Jane Muvalgh We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

Hope and Jackie talk about the British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, whose working class roots and punk rock path to fashion make for a truly juicy story. This episode focuses on these earlier years, including her relationship with Malcolm McLaren, who was involved with The Situationists and later formed the band The Sex Pistols. They definitely fudge the story of Sid and Nancy but please forgive them.   Episode based on An Unfashionable Life by Jane Mulvagh, Threaducation, and other sources.   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com 

In our third installation on the colonial broad herself, Anna Wintour, we discuss the more recent pop culture aspect of her life. Listen in for some piping, hot tea on New York socialites.    We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

In this installment of our recap of Amy Odell's biography of Anna Wintour, we talk about her chess-like moves to become editor in chief of Vogue and all the poor pawns she steps on on the way to the top. We talk affairs, lawsuits, PETA, Harvey Weinstein, even 9/11. It's juicy, it's ripe, just pluck it off the tree and taste it baby!

Who da fuq is Anna Wintour? Well, for those that live under a rock, she basically runs Vogue magazine and one of the last powerful media heads to exist.  We dive into Anna Wintour, the Biography by Amy Odell We highly suggest the read, it really gives you a deep look behind those iconic sunglasses.    We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

It's a media haul, bimbos! Hope and Jackie are talking about the class action lawsuit brought against the Salvation Army for abusing the criminal justice system. To wash that down, they chat about the Canne film festival dress code and all the brave elites who have dared break it. Still itching for more content? Last on the docket is the Trends are Dead piece - they have opinions. Trends are Dead by Terry Nguyen   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

This week, Hope and Jackie manage to talk about basketball while also referencing Toward an Anthropology of Women and asking tough questions like "why won't our therapists help us party?" But the main dish is androgyny : what does it mean to dress androgynous now and what has it meant throughout the 20th century? We can't reeeaaally answer that question, but we can bring you a discussion about actress Marlene Dietrich, former NBA player Dennis Rodman, professional layabout Betty Catroux, and much beloved David Bowie. Enjoy!   Correction: Jackie meant Rebel Wilson when she said Busy Phillips. Please don't be mad at us, Australians!   We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com

We got it all here folx! It's a media haul episode and we are chatting about all the important stuff: the Etsy strike, our Met Gala roundup, and the recently coined "coastal grandma" aesthetic. We bleep out the Kardashians names which is funny? Or edgy? Maybe it's just annoying. Basically the title of our episode is what we discuss, but it's a juicy one so listen in!!   Also we are socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok

The death of an icon inspires Hope and Jackie to read André Leon Talley's memoir Chiffon Trenches. From dancing at Studio 54 with Diana Ross to eating breakfast in bed at his buddy Karl Lagerfeld's house to coming clean about Anna Wintour's one redeeming quality, Talley tells a story of paving the way for black men in fashion journalism.

Hope and Jackie couldn't let the Euphoria craze pass without putting their two cents in (spoiler level 1/5). With surprisingly spare Sam Levinson ranting but a healthy dose of Heidi Bivens stanning, they bring you behind the scenes tidbits on the most tweeted-about show to date -- the offscreen drama, the common critiques, and yes, the costuming (but TBH that doesn't come until 30ish minutes in.) Join them as they dive into the outfits that made this show worth watching and let them know which character you're sartorially channeling this year! We're socialists! Follow us on the socials - @fashismpod on Tiktok and Instagram Email us at fashismpod@gmail.com (I mean otherwise we're just screaming into a void, people.)

Their self-proclaimed Best Sounding Episode Yet, this week Hope and Jackie are bringing you hard hitting journalism as they talk to a worker from a Crossroads Trading location that is in the process of unionizing (and getting busted.) Next, Hope talks about the connection between fashion and surrealism in the early 20th century, featuring scuffles between art bros, furry teacups, and of course, Elsa Schiaparelli. Call to action: Tell Crossroads: Don't Union Bust bit.ly/crossroadsworkers Main surrealism reference: The Surreal Body: Fetish and Fashion by Ghislaine Wood We're socialists! Follow us on the socials: @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTok

You guessed it, we're hopping in on the convo about twee, but we're taking you back to the 1990s with the record label that started it all! Skip the first 20 minutes if you want to get right to it (but you'll miss Jackie's psychic love prediction and Hope's strange reason for wanting to get pregnant). Stay till the end to hear tunes from Jackie's twee days in Nashville! Sorry about the weird sound in this one - tried to get it out quickly bc we went viralish on TikTok not to brag. Mandy's article on body image and  twee: https://theface.com/style/twee-fashion-aesthetic-body-ima  Olive Pometsey's piece: https://theface.com/culture/twee-fashion-style-aesthetic-tiktok-social-media-pandemic-mental-health-ted-lasso-francis-bourgeois-nostalgia Jacobin piece: Twee Began as an Unabashedly Radical Subculture Sarah Records Documentary: My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records

Hot off the press! Hope and Jackie are reporting on the video that wiped the smiles off the faces of upcyclers around the world: Quilt Clothes Must Die, in which quilt lover Mary Fons roasts people who turn quilts into clothes. Oof! Next they respond to Vice's recent article Bimbofication is Taking Over: What Does that Mean for You? So if you've been wondering if you're a bimbo, you've come to right place. This is all just warm up for the big event where Jackie gives us a lesson in the history of Tabi Boots, the hoof-toed boots that nobody feels neutral about. Do you have thoughts on any of these topics? Email us as fashismpod@gmail.com We're Socialists! Follow us on the socials: Instagram and TikTok  

Hope tries on a 1970s wedding dress and gets Jackie's live reaction and questions whether she should go to HR about her crushing defeat in the company chili cook off. But then it's down to business with an artsy fartsy episode about Henri Matisse and the vestments he designed for the liturgy of The Rosary Chapel. They apologize for mispronouncing all the French words and not knowing enough about Catholicism. We're socialists! Check us out on the socials: @fashismpod on Tiktok and Instagram or email us fashismpod@gmail.com We would love to hear from ya! 

Hope and Jackie are finally releasing the episode where they talk about fashion in the tech world, including the Allbirds controversy and tech's entanglements with minimalism. The intro is long so if you want a fastpass to hard hitting content, zoom to 22 minutes (but then you'll miss them talking about why they can't wear high socks because of Louis CK). The episode ends with a brief history of fashion week and its middle class roots with some hot takes on parades.   Check out the article by Drew Austin: Tech elites' supposed indifference to fashion is a contempt for the commons   We're socialists! Check us out on the socials: @fashismpod on Tiktok and Instagram or email us fashismpod@gmail.com

Finally! The trend report that no one explicitly asked for but some Instagram followers did vote for when given two options of episode topics. Jackie and Hope are asking the hard questions in this one, like "are trends meaningful?" and "how is Grimes styling her baby?" They report on WGSN's 2022 Consumer Report and want to know if you're a settler, a stabilizer, or a new opportunist. But who cares what the professionals think? They end the episode with their own predictions based on TikTok research (Jackie) and runway analysis (Hope). I dunno about you, but we're feeling 22.   Shout outs: Mina Le's episode on The Great's costuming Oldloserinbrooklyn who is an actual trend forecaster Vivthemole, also an actual trend forecaster

*in Italian accent*  (not the Jared Leto one though) I know you been craving for our delicious, savory opinion on House of Gucci. Jackie and Hope break down the movie and give you hard hitting truths about the Gucci family. Mamma Mia! *chef's kiss* 

In this episode we still haven't figured out how to introduce ourselves. We do in later episodes, so keep listening listeners, one day you will figure out who is who. This episode's intro we cover our launch party (the theme was Disco Szn). We also hear more about Hope's dreamy vacation and Reno thrift finds. For our main topic we discuss a very brief history of sci-fi subgenres of steam punk and cyborg punk which leads us into the Gucci 2018 collection, which drew inspiration from these subcultures as well as from Donna Harroway's Cyborg Manifesto. We dive into some heavy theory and really try to make it digestible for us simpletons. Then we end on some juicy takes on House of Gucci. Enjoy, ya gutter sluts.    We're socialists! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok! @Fashismpod Email us because why not? fashismpod@gmail.com   Check out Bliss Foster, whose episode on the 2018 Gucci collection informed this episode: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlissFoster

Hope and Jackie talk about Barbie's original fashion designer Carol Spencer who wrote a book about it and wants you to know that she used to have a very slim waist. Speaking of beauty standards, the Victoria's Secret rebrand is also up for discussion and if you're a 10/10 Jackie automatically hates you. But “Ugly is the New Beautiful” as they say, “they” being the people who are grasping at straws trying to market to gen z.   Fact check: Working Girl did get an Oscar, but it was for Best Music and Best Original Song (Carly Simon). It did win some Golden Globes.   The book we discuss is called Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them   Follow us on the socials! Mostly Instagram and now Tiktok, @fashismpod  Or email us because we have one of those! fashismpod@gmail.com

Here for some more content where Jackie and Hope eat while podcasting (don't worry you can't hear it this time). Talking about capitalism and fashion works up an appetite! Hope wonders if she can stay interested in biking with all the fashion dilemmas it presents. Jackie further discusses her e-textiles thesis and presentation. Furthermore, we discuss the wealthiest man alive who is wealthy because of fashion so again billionaires are up on the chopping block. We also go over: gay pride and corporations, Olivia Rodrigo's Depop, and wondering what it means to have personal style. Also we really use antithesis a lot in this episode, mostly because Jackie is trying to use it more regularly. The gang goes in depth about modern minimalism and let us tell you, modern minimalism roots are racist af. Which is like duh, but still.    We're socialists! Follow us on the socials @fashismpod

This is a bonus episode, meaning we're releasing it out of order so that we can deliver this piping hot content before its relevance crumbles under the weight of the media cycle. It's a Met Gala recap, so we're talking about favorites and least favorites, and giving our takes on the event's most controversial looks. Along the way, Hope and Jackie both come out as pro flower crown and ask the question “where were you when you found out what a deductible is?” Finally, a conversation about Simon Denny's art exhibit Security Through Obscurity, which tells a story of neoliberal irony through the beautiful and unexpected collision of Margaret Thatcher's scarves with Patagonia puffy vests. Enjoy!   We're socialists! Follow us on the socials @fashismpod

Jackie recounts some juicy bits from her thesis work on E-Textiles: the history of embroidery as a feminine craft and as a tool for activism for some certified bad bitches. This spurs convos around art vs. craft, which accidentally aligns perfectly with subsequent convos on sewing your own wedding dress and the confusing branding around home economics. Warning that we get off topic by the end but if you stick with it you'll learn about Jackie's super secret real estate plans.   NAME DROPS (Artists/Scholars/Texts mentioned in this episode): -"The Subversive Stitch" by Rosiska Parker -"Old Mistresses: Women, Art, and Ideology" by Roszika Parker and Griselda Pollock -Hannah Hoch -Janie Terrero -Sophie Taeuber-Arp   We're socialists! Follow us on the socials @fashismpod

The gals report on how sewing class is going while eating a midday cinnamon roll (just imagine you're having brekky with us and staying completely quiet.) Somehow the day's topics had a theme and that theme was “Men's Fashion” First, inspired by the "boy fashion podcast" Throwin' Fits, we hop back on the ootd train and once again try to define our aesthetics. Next we talk about Stock-X (Jackie has a hard time with saying Wahlberg, but she has a hard time with words and also fuck Mark Wahlberg.) Finally, we talk about fedoras and ponder how they became known as the douchiest item of clothing on earth.

Jam packed with buzzwords, this episode has the gals talking wine mom aesthetic and other heterocore, trying to decide if they're avant basic, and briefly arguing over whose boyfriend is fashionable. Things get wistful when they discuss the NYT piece about post pandemic fashion aka utopian fashion aka yolo fashion.

The gals discuss BDSM accessories hitting the mainstream and something called a wobble skirt that you didn't know you needed to know about. They dissect the working class roots of the word Luddite in the textile industry and can only hope that their coworkers continue to feed them top notch stories. This, plus rambling about Taylor Swift playing it safe on the red carpet, dudes wearing silk scarves, and of course, hating on the rich.