My Fashion Stories Box Podcast

In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will talk about Gabrielle Chanel, the woman who didn't want to dress as the others. We will talk about:Her personalityHer timeAnd, how all these influenced the fashion she created.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to understand the behind the scenes which transformed Gabrielle Chanel into Coco and Mademoiselle, the free spirit of the fashion industry. To go further: "The Allure of Chanel" by Paul Morand.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will travel back in time to the Middle Ages and, more precisely, to the 12th century. Why this century more than another? Well, because, this is the century of the “fin'amor”, l'amour courtois or courtly love.What is the fin'amor, or courtly love?How did the 12th century society look like?And, more precisely, how did people dress during this century of courtly love? These are some of the main questions we will try to answer during this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast. Follow me to the 12th century with a look back in the time of the all-powerful Eleonor of Aquitaine.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

Today's episode will be dedicated to the 70s fashion, the Flower Power, the Hippies and their influence on the fashion styles of this decade not like any other.In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will try to answer the following questions about the Hippies:Who were the Hippies?What were their demands?How did their messages translate into their lifestyle and fashion style?What legacy did they leave?At the end of this episode, you will have a better understanding of the 70s fashion and why this decade is still a big source of inspiration nowadays.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about the Flower Power, the Hippie Fashion and the 70s fashion!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

Did you know the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses? No? They were the post French Revolution fashion influencers, men and women with a certain fashion style, but not only… In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will discover more about them. Together, we will:Understand the historical and political context in which they took part;Analyse their origins and their lifestyle;Decifer the messages they wanted to communicate through their experimentation in clothes and fashion style.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

2023 is off a flying start with this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box podcast dedicated to the very controversial but so interesting Marie-Antoinette. In this episode, we will: Learn a bit more about Marie-Antoinette, her family, her life before moving to Versailles and becoming the future last Queen of France.See how Marie-Antoinette started to use fashion to impose herself and the many controversies her different styles created.Look at her legacy in fashion and haute couture. Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

The heroin of this episode is Catherine of Medici and her inputs to the fashion of her time. Together, we will:Learn a bit more about her, not so easy, life as Queen of France and the black legend around her.Discover a bit more about the Renaissance fashion for women.Go through the main inputs of Catherine of Medici into the Renaissance fashion.See how she is inspiring modern days designers. Happy listening!CatherineFollow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

In today's episode, I will analyse the last Paris Fashion Week which took place from September 26 to October 4 2022, showcasing the Women's Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2023 collections. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast:I will axe my analysis to the potential historical inspirations fashion brands and their creative designers might have had.I will explain you the analysis methodology I used for this.I will share with you my general impressions about the Paris Fashion Week.And I will tell you the main historical references I spotted and analyse the most “historically” inspired fashion shows.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

Today, we will be all Shocking Pink with an episode dedicated to the surrealist Elsa Schiaparelli.In this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast:we will try to understand what made Elsa Schiaparelli, the fashion phenomenon of the 30s. We will try to know who was Schiap, as she liked to nickname herself, how she ended up in the fashion industry.We will see the Schiap's universe, what made her different from the other big designer of that time, Coco Chanel.We will look at the evolution of the House of Schiaparelli today, under the creative direction of Daniel Roseberry.And I will tell you everything about the new exhibition currently happening at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and dedicated to “Les Mondes Surréalistes d'Elsa Schiaparelli”.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

In today's episode, we will talk about different ways that used to be used in the past to showcase new creations by tailors and designers.Showcasing fashion has always been seen as a priority by fashion creators since the development of a fashion consciousness. Indeed, it was paramount for them to make their outfits reached their customers and they used the means of their times.In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast we will discover 4 main ways that have been adopted.We will dive in the origins of the Pandora dolls, also known as fashion dolls, and see how they almost had a political status during the 18th century.We will look at how the first fashion shows were organized during the 19th century.And we will see how these Pandora dolls inspired the Théâtre de la Mode after the Second World War and how the fashion shows evolved into the Press Weeks and now the famous fashion weeks.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

In today's episode, we will talk about the school uniforms, in time for the Back to School period, right?September is usually associated with going back to school for students around the world, after a long summer break. And the clothes they are going to put on for this event is a source of intensive researches in style for students. Just look at the Back to school actions and collections brands launch starting almost beginning of August each year… It becomes almost a school uniform even if, at least in France, school uniforms are not really a thing. It wasn't always the case and it's not the case in other countries.In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast:We will talk about the origins of the school uniforms. We will see why students started to wear them. We will see how they became a status symbol and a sign of distinction. We will look at the differences between boys uniforms and girls uniforms and at the differences between the English practices and the French practices. To conclude, we will see how the school uniform became a part of the pop culture and is regularly reinterpreted by the Haute Couture.Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

Today's episode will be dedicated to the lace, how it appeared and what made it a luxury.After an intensive course I took this Summer on lace, I got curious about it and decided to dig in a bit deeper. What is lace? What are the different types of laces you can find? From where does it come? What were the first usages of lace and how it became synonymous of luxury and still is one of the main features used by fashion houses? Together, we will dive in two beautiful legends surrounding the birth of lace. We will read abstracts from the study book of young Anna, a 14-year old girl who was learning the beautiful art of lace in the French city of Méteren in 1924. And I will, of course, share my own experience of learning lace with Soline from the art atelier Soline Du Puy in Villandry, France, in the region of the castles of the Loire.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about the little story of lace!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes. 

Today's episode will be dedicated to pants and women: a symbol of emancipation.Together, we will discover the backstory of pants, how they became political as a way to break with old regimes and ways of thoughts and the battles women had to fight in order to be allowed to wear them. At the end of this episode, pants won't have any secret for you and you will have the tools to decipher their social, political and gender hidden meanings.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about pants and women, a symbol of emancipation!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes. 

Today's episode will be dedicated to the French designer Paul Poiret, the man who freed women from their corsets.Together, we will discover who was Paul Poiret, the King of Fashion, his many sources of inspirations, how he changed the Parisian artistic life before the First World War, the woman behind his conception of womanhood and his marketing inventions. We will also try to understand why the fashion world tended to forget about him when it came to women clothing simplification at the beginning of the 20th century to only remember about Coco Chanel.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about the story of Paul Poiret!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes. 

Today's episode will be dedicated to the story of underwears and their journey to become a sexy item.Together, we will look at their origins, when and why people started to wear underwears, the first functions of underwears and the conception of hygiene people had when it came to underwears and why they became sexy. Be ready for some comical stories!Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about the story of the underwears!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes. 

Today's episode will be dedicated to the story of the corset and how this clothing element's signification went from being an instrument of physical torture and psychological repression to a symbol of erotism.Together, we will dive into the origins of corsets, from outerwear to underwear, the symbolism linked with it, how this simple piece of fabrics and whalebone translated the position of women in the society and the rare occasions when corsets have been adopted by men. We will also look at the erotism side of corsets in modern society and how it is used by modern designers to transcend gender stereotypes.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about the story of the corset!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes. 

Today's episode will be dedicated to a beautiful love declaration in the fashion world: the “Love Brings Love” show which took place on October 2021 at the end of the Paris Fashion Week. 46 designers took part in this tribute show to the late Alber Elbaz.Who was Alber Elbaz and what was his project, the AZ Factory?What was at the origins of this “Love Brings Love” runway show?What does this show tell us about the relationships between designers in the fashion industry and why do I see it as a powerful love declaration?Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to know more about the power of love in fashion!Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

In today's episode, I will speak about what is considered as the most beautiful day in the life of a woman: her wedding. And I will particularly focus on the wedding dress and its history.When did we start wearing a special dress to celebrate a wedding?Has the wedding dress always been white?Are there any symbols linked with the wedding dress and the accessories we wear with it?And why is the wedding dress considered as the show stopper of a Haute Couture fashion show?From the Antiquity to modern times, I will explore wedding dress practices and its symbolism through colors, veils and bouquets.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast! Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with the episodes.

In today's episode, I will review the book “Miss Dior: A story of Courage and Couture” by Justine Picardie, which was published end of 2021 and is available in French and English. Through the story of Catherine Dior, the sister of the famous designer Christian Dior, the author paints the picture of the French society just before the Second World War started, the dark period of the collaboration and the partition of the French territory into the free zone and the occupied zone and the relations and roles the fashion industry played during the war and after, during the reconstruction years. 

In today's episode I will speak about a period in time that is particularly dear to me for many reasons: the Roaring 20s. The Magnificent Roaring 20s, the decadent decade which followed the 1st World War and the “Der des Der” (the Last of the Last) as we used to say in French. In this episode I will cover a movement, the Art Deco movement and its influence, among other, on fashion. I will talk about the various historical inspirations designers had. I will do an anatomy of Art Deco fashion with a focus on women's fashion, for daily wear, evening wear, casual occasions and accessories. And, of course, I will speak about the major fashion designers who influenced and revolutionized the way women would dress. So put on your beads dress, headband and some jazz music and let's start our travel in time in this new My Fashion Stories Box Podcast's episode! Access the podcast's visual diaries at the following link: https://www.mymarketing-toolbox.com/blog/categories/my-fashion-stories-box-podcast-visual-diary

In today's episode I will speak about one of my favorite fashion items, as well as one of my favorite pattern: the mariniere and the stripes. What are the origins and meaning behind the stripes and how the striped top came from the sailors' uniform to a basic part of our wardrobe? Listen to this new My Fashion Stories Box Podcast's episode to learn more about it! 

Today's episode is dedicated to the AW 2021/22 Istanbul Fashion Week. A great occasion to discover very talented Turkish designers. Due to the pandemic situation, the Fashion Week took place online from April 13-16 2021. Designers became very creative in the way they presented their collections, inviting us to a journey in space and time, while paying tribute to their heritage. Follow me to my own journey through Istanbul Fashion Week designs and my fashion stories. 

In our today's episode, I will talk about fast fashion, its definition and its origins from the Industrial Revolution to nowadays. Fashion is the second most polluted industry after oil and gas and is at the origins of many social and environmental issues. By understanding how fast fashion was born and evolved over time, we can change this practice and our fashion consumption habits.

Books are an inherent part of my life. I literally eat books. And when I can find books mixing fashion and history, I am the happiest on Earth! Especially if the book features quality content and beautiful imagery. Fashion Victims, the dangers of dress past and present by Alison Matthews David is one of these books I had to take with me everywhere to read it and is the first book review of My Fashion Stories Box podcast. 

Hi there! And welcome to My Fashion Stories Box podcast! A podcast about stories in fashion history. I'm Catherine and I am so glad to welcome you here! Let's discover together interesting facts about fashion and history and fashion history. In our today's episode, I will talk about some practices people have been using through the ages to wear and pass along their clothing possessions. From the Middle Ages and its detachable sleeves to the rationing coupons during the Second World War and the 2nd hand fever of the 70s, follow me in a short story of sustainable fashion in history.

When you read about fashion history and the birth of the designers, you learn that the first tailor to be recognized as such was Charles Frederick Worth during the 19th century. But, allow me to disagree here and to introduce you to the woman who put the foundations for fashion designers and Parisian Haute Couture, Rose Bertin. 

Love & Peace or maybe more Peace & Love and Make love not war. Thus were the slogans of the Hippies in the 70s. But do you know how everything started and the influence it had on fashion? In our today's podcast, we will travel in time during Summer 1967 also known as The Summer of Love. 

When we say love, we think rings: the wedding ring, the engagement ring. But, what is the meaning of these rings? When did it start and why do we have diamond rings as the supreme proof of love in our modern society? This is what we will be talking about in My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, a podcast about stories in fashion history. 

Hi there! And welcome to My Fashion Stories Box podcast! A podcast about stories in fashion history. I'm Catherine and I am so glad to welcome you here! To celebrate February and the month of love, let's discover together what people used to offer to each other as a token for their love and affection during the Antiquity and Middle Ages.

Hi there! And welcome to My Fashion Stories Box podcast! A podcast about stories in fashion history. I'm Catherine and I am so glad to welcome you here! Follow me in the life of Leonidas and Calliope, two young people living in the powerful state-city of Athens, the city of the great goddess Athena, and discover their outfits habits. 

Hi! This is Catherine and My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, a podcast about stories in fashion history.Follow me in the life of Amenhotep and Anipe, two young people living during the reign of Ramses the 2nd and discover their outfits habits. 

I am Catherine and this is My Fashion Stories Box podcast! A podcast about stories in fashion history.