Episodes

  • A History of Pockets, part I, an interview with Dr. Ariane Fennetaux

    A History of Pockets, part I, an interview with Dr. Ariane Fennetaux
    Jan 8 2025

    During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.

    This week we bring you one of our most requested--and popular--episodes of all time. Dr. Ariane Fennetaux joins us for a two-part episode discussing her and Barbara Burman's book The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1600-1900, which explores the fascinating centuries-long history of women and tie-on pockets.

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    30 mins
  • Fashion History Mysteries: Mary Janes and Chatelaines (Dressed Classics)

    Fashion History Mysteries: Mary Janes and Chatelaines (Dressed Classics)
    Jan 3 2025

    Today, we revisit two Fashion History Mystery episodes exploring the fascinating histories of Mary Janes and Chatelaines.

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    23 mins
  • Murderous Millinery (Dressed Classic)

    Murderous Millinery (Dressed Classic)
    Jan 1 2025

    This week we revisit an episode from 2018: Murderous Millinery. From the 1870s to the 1920s, millions of women embraced the fashion for ornamental plumage and as a result millions of birds died for it.


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    44 mins
  • Fierce: The History of Leopard Print, an interview with Jo Weldon

    Fierce: The History of Leopard Print, an interview with Jo Weldon
    Dec 26 2024

    During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.

    This week we puurrrfectly WILD this week as we revisit our 2018 episode with author, activist and performer Jo Weldon who joined us to speak about her book Fierce: The History of Leopard Print.

    RECOMMENDED READING:

    Weldon, Jo. Fierce: The History of Leopard Print. New York: Harper, 2018.

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    38 mins
  • Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain, an interview with Ami Bouhassane and Amber Butchart

    Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain, an interview with Ami Bouhassane and Amber Butchart
    Dec 25 2024

    During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.

    This week we revisit our 2021 episode about model, photographer and humanitarian Lee Miller, who is the subject of the 2024 film Lee starring Kate Winslet. Miller's granddaughter and archivist Ami Bouhassane and fashion historian Amber Butchart joined us to discuss Lee's work for British and French Vogue during the years surrounding WWII, and her decision to leave the fashion world in the wake of the War.

    RECOMMENDED READING:

    Bouhassane, Ami, Amber Butchart and Robin Muir. Lee Miller: Fashion In Wartime Britain. East Sussex: Farleys House and Gallery, 2021.

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    55 mins
  • How to Read a Dress, an Interview with Lydia Edwards (Dressed Classic)

    How to Read a Dress, an Interview with Lydia Edwards (Dressed Classic)
    Dec 20 2024

    We revisit our 2021 interview with fashion historian and author Lydia Edwards who joined us to discuss her acclaimed book How to Read a Dress.

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    46 mins
  • How to Read a Suit, an Interview with Lydia Edwards (Dressed Classic)

    How to Read a Suit, an Interview with Lydia Edwards (Dressed Classic)
    Dec 18 2024

    We revisit our interview with fashion historian and author Lydia Edwards in 2020 when she first joined us to talk about her then newly released book How to Read a Suit, the highly anticipated menswear version of her acclaimed How to Read a Dress.

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    50 mins
  • Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part II

    Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part II
    Dec 12 2024

    In what has now become an annual tradition, April and Cassidy do some fantasy fashion history shopping for their holiday party ensembles and gift exchange.


    Cassidy's $33 million ensemble: necklace, Dorothy's Ruby Red slippers, Charles James dress

    April’s ensemble: Vionnet coat, bejeweled snake stockings, Cartier Panthère collection, Margiela’s glass slippers

    Some of Cassidy and April's gifts:

    • 18th century patchbox
    • Sun-Maid Raisins and "Rubbers" ads from Ladies Home Journal
    • 1884 Weevil parure
    • Salesman's miniature corset


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    28 mins