Dressed: The History Of Fashion

Making music with a sewing machine? LA-based artist Nicole Cooke sure does and joins us this week to talk about her deeply original compositions employing sewing machines as instruments and the theme of clothing in her work. Related Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaB6e7EGgr8 https://series-archive.com/collections/3-3-the-duchess-of-satin Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Reporting on the exhibition itself as well as all of this year's red carpet looks, we discuss the 2022 Met Gala. Recommended Reading: https://www.vogue.com/article/in-ameica-an-anthology-of-fashion-exhibition https://www.vogue.com/article/hillary-clinton-met-gala-2022 https://www.vogue.com/article/sarah-jessica-parker-met-gala-2022 https://www.vogue.com/article/indigenous-designers-met-museum-lexicon-of-fashion https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-05-03/kim-kardashian-marilyn-monroe-dress-2022-met-gala-conservators   Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week marks the upcoming Kentucky Derby and we chat with the featured milliner of the event about the history of millinery and its current relevance at the racetrack. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In celebration of the Met Gala 2021 and American design, we speak to Michael Sylvan Robinson, the textile artist and queer activist behind Jordan Roth's show-stopping collaged "coat of many colors" worn to last year's festivities. Robinson joins us to discuss their thought-provoking use of textiles, clothing and the (dis)embodied form to explore entangled themes of identity, sexuality, violence, and healing. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clothing in contemporary art is the subject of this week's episode as art historian Alexandra Schwartz joins us to speak about the exhibition Garmenting:  Costume as Contemporary Art which she guest curated for the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fashion history and true crime come together this week as we explore a scandal of the 1860s involving a British cosmetics maven who bilked her clients out of fortunes with the promise to halt the aging process and make them beautful forever. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today's guest Karishma Shahani Khan is the founder of Ka-Sha and Heart to Haat, two conscious clothing labels that encapsulate everything we love about clothing on Dressed: a celebration of artistry and hand-craftsmanship, clothing’s ability to tell stories, and, perhaps most importantly, the heart and humanity at the core of its production. https://www.ka-sha.com https://www.instagram.com/ka_sha_india/?hl=en Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We explore the historic and contemporary significance of indigo dye with guests Josie Lopez and Leslie Kim, curators of the Albuquerque Museum of Art's exhibition Indelible Blue: Indigo Across the Globe.   To learn more: https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/exhibitions/indelible-blue Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our conversation with Justine Picardie about Catherine Dior's courageous resistance efforts during WWII and the continuance of her legacy at the House of Dior to this very day. 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

International best selling author Justine Picardie joins us to discuss the life and legacy of Christian Dior's beloved sister Catherine, a WWII French resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, and inspiration behind Dior's most famous scent Miss Dior. Recommended Reading/Listening: Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/dior-from-paris-to-world-interview-florence-müller/id1350850605?i=1000429705350 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

Tune in for part two of this week's discussions of the most glamorous, political and scandalous looks to grace the red carpet. RECOMMENDED: Zuckerman, Esther. Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical and Scandalous Oscar Fashion. Running Press: New York, NY, 2022. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you red carpet ready Dressed listeners? This week entertainment writer and cultural historian Esther Zuckerman joins us to talk about Oscar fashion history. RECOMMENDED: Zuckerman, Esther. Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical and Scandalous Oscar Fashion. Running Press: New York, NY, 2022. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of our two-part episode on Prince's fashion, Casci Ritchie joins us to talk about some of The Purple One's most iconic looks and the makers behind them. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Put your best purple forward listeners, as Casci Ritchie joins this week for a two-part episode on the sartorial stylings of one of the most iconic artists of the 20th and 21st centuries: Prince. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

London's famed Savile Row comes with a long and prestigious tailoring history and today's guest, Jihae An, undeniably represents its future. Savile Row tailor Jihae An takes us behind the scenes of her work at London’s oldest tailoring house, Ede and Ravenscroft. You can follow Jihae's work here: https://www.instagram.com/be_spokenbyjihae/?hl=en Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk to David Wolfe about his sixty plus year career in fashion working as a groundbreaking trend forecaster, fashion illustrator, and paper doll artist. David's work: https://davidwolfetrendfutures.com https://paperdollywood.com David's interview on The Decoder Ring podcast: https://slate.com/culture/2018/08/decoder-ring-explores-the-history-and-symbolism-of-the-paper-doll.html Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Word nerds rejoice! In this episode we play the alphabet game with our favorite oddball terms from fashion's history. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices