Dressed: The History Of Fashion

We are kicking off our seventh season of Dressed in spectacular style as we are joined all this week by the one and only Dita Von Teese! A longtime vintage collector and star of the neo-burlesque scene, Dita's impact on contemporary visual culture cannot be underestimated. In part one of this two-part episode, we chat about her relationship with vintage style on and off stage and some of the amazing designers she works with to create her unique brand of unparalleled glamour. Past Dressed episodes of interest: The Origin of the Poodle Skirt The Incredible Origin of Cat-Eye Glasses Fashion and the Showgirl, part 1 Fashion and the Showgirl, part 2 Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 120 of our favorite fashion history titles Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for our now annual holiday party where we 'exchange' some of their favorite gifts from fashion's past and present. Gifts you can gift! Our very first online course What Women Wore to the Revolution Books for our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles 18th Century Beauty Box 18th Century Beauty Spots Pressed flower dye kit Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website and classes Our Instagram 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 50th anniversary of one of American fashion's greatest moments: the Battle of Versailles. "Halstonette" Chris Royer joins us to discuss her first hand account of modeling in the now legendary fashion face-off between French haute couture and American design. Want more Battle of Versailles? The King of Sexy Cling: An Interview with Stephen Burrows The Magic of 1970s Fashion with Pat Cleveland, Part I and Part II Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison Eleanor Lambert: Empress of 7th Avenue The Battle of Versailles, An Interview with Robin Givhan Robin Givhan's New York Time's Bestselling book The Battle of Versailles Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's official!!! In today's episode we announce the launch of Dressed: The School of Fashion, chat about Prada's upcoming trip to the moon and recommend some fashion history newsletters to follow. Recommendations: Sign up for our first class: What Women Wore to the Revolution, Part I IKEA's Designer Towel Skirt Fashion Newsletters: Laura Beltran Rubio, Laura McLaws Helm, Jo Weldon Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 120 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever pondered, 'but, what would Jane Austen wear?' We have all the answers for you in this episode, as Dr. Hilary Davidson joins us to talk about her two books: Dress in the Age of Jane Austen and Jane Austen's Wardrobe. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, we answer some listener mail about what is and what isn't fast fashion, discuss the documentary Unboxing Shein and chat about the latest news from The Met's Costume Institute. Recommended: Fashion Revolution Transparency Index Good On You The True Cost documentary Unboxing Shein Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Custom couturier to brides, debutantes and American socialites, including Jacqueline Bouvier and Marjorie Merriweather Post, The Saturday Evening Post once called Ann Lowe "society's best kept secret." Today, we explore the true breadth of Lowe's career with fashion curator Elizabeth Way who joins us to speak about her exhibition Ann Lowe: American Couturier, which is currently on view through January 7, 2024 at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Recommended reading:  Way, Elizabeth, ed. Ann Lowe: American Couturier, New York: Rizzoli Electra, 2023. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just as fashion is more than pretty clothes, basketball is more than just a game. Pulitzer Prize winning author Mitchell S. Jackson joins us to discuss why the relationship between fashion and basketball matters historically and today. Purchase Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion Mitchell's website Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fashion luminary and trailblazing model, agent and activist Bethann Hardison joins us to discuss her life and legacy as explored in the new documentary Invisible Beauty. More on the documentary Invisible Beauty Bethann's website Our Battle of Versailles interview with Robin Givan Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! 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 2-part episode on the MFA Boston's exhibition Fashioned by Sargent, art historian Dr. Erica Hirshler re-joins us to speak about some of Sargent's most famous works including Madame X and his sensuous portraits of male style icons of the day. Recommended reading: Hirshler, Erica, et al eds. Fashioned by Sargent. Boston: MFA Publications, 2023. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All this week, Dr. Erica Hirshler joins us to talk about the sartorial stylings of one of history's great painters of fashion, John Singer Sargent. In part one of this two-part episode, we learn a bit about Sargent's international upbringing and career as well as his sometimes dictatorial role in styling his sitters. The exhibition Fashioned by Sargent is currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston through January 15, 2024. Recommended reading: Hirshler, Erica, et al eds. Fashioned by Sargent. Boston: MFA Publications, 2023. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing gets between a woman and her fashion! Dr. Elizabeth Block joins us for part two of our episode on Gilded Age fashion in a discussion on fashionable smuggling, thievery, and the costumes of Gilded Age Season 2! Get your hands on a copy of Dr. Block's book Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion here. Relevant past Dressed episodes: Smuggled in the Bustle: An Interview with Hind Abdul-Jabbar Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Elizabeth Block joins us to discuss her book Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion which celebrates the lesser known figures behind the international success of the French haute couture in the late 19th century, most notably their elite American clientele who were driving forces of Gilded Age fashion. Get your hands on a copy of Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion here. Relevant past Dressed episodes: The Vanderbilt Ball A Vanderbilt House Party--The Gilded Age Halloween Costumes and Fancy Dress Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! 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 launch a new segment of Dressed! What's In Your Closet episodes will delve into the items in your closets. In our inaugural episode, we investigate listener Emma P's late 1940s jacket by the obscure brand Jacques Cartier. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anticipating the premier of The Gilded Age season 2 next week, we examine the practices and pitfalls of party etiquette of the American elite during the late 19th century. Past Dressed episode: Call Me: The Perils of 19th Century Etiquette Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From 19th-century hand-embroidered laundry pillows to the fashion fantasy dreamscapes of Tilda Swinton and Tim Walker, we bring you the latest news from fashion history and fashion history in the making. Recommendations: Laundry pillow featured on @historicembroidery Facekinis Dressed episode A Brief History of Sunscreen Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial Cornell's Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tilda Swinton's Singer Sargent Inspired Fashion Fantasy Tilda Swinton in Orlando (1992) Tilda Swinton in 3000 Years of Longing (2022) Tilda Swinton/Olivia Saillard Impossible Wardrobes Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We highlight a few of our favorite fashion history titles from the hundreds on the Dressed bookshelf. Books discussed in today's episode: Chinese Dress in Detail by San Fong Chan China Adorned: Ritual and Custom of Ancient Cultures by Professor Deng Qiyao Patchwork: A World Tour by Catherine Legrand Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias and the Birth of an Industry by Lauren Downing Peters Creating African Fashion Histories: Politics, Museums, and Sartorial Practices Vintage Fashion: A Complete Sourcebook by Nicky Albrechtsen How to Be Fabulous: Sustainable, Second-Hand Style on a Shoestring by Charlotte Dallison Fashioning Submission: Documenting Fashion, Taste and Identity in WW2 Italy through “Bellezza” Magazine by Silvia Vacirca The World According to Lee McQueen The World According to Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent & Art Fashion and the Art of Pochoir Past Dressed episodes discussed in today's episode: The Fabric of Life: An Interview with Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Loretta Pettw

In part two of our episode with sustainability communicator Clare Press of the podcast Wardrobe Crisis, we discuss a whole host of innovators who are currently plotting fashion's brighter future. Her latest book, Wear Next: Fashioning the Future is out now! Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our favorite fashion activist and fellow podcastress, Clare Press of Wardrobe Crisis, joins us in this first installment of this week's two-part episode discussing her latest book Wear Next: Fashioning the Future. Recommended reading: What's the matter with Shein?! CBS News Time magazine Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! *due to international distribution quirks Wear Next cannot appear on our bookshelf at this time :/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Costume and production designer Catherine Martin takes us behind the seams of her and her team's work on the 2022 Elvis biopic, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Austin Butler. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices