Dressed: The History of Fashion

Latest Episodes:

Dressed in History: 100 Years of Collecting Fashion with Jessica Pushor Jul 09, 2025

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Recorded live at the Chicago History Museum, “librarian of clothing” Jessica Pushor takes us behind the seams of her exhibition Dressed in History: A Costume Collection Retrospective. On view at the museum until July 27th, 2025, the exhibition celebrates the museum’s incredible 50,000+ fashion and textile collection, but also the many people who have shaped its existence for the past 100 years.

Recommended Listening: Jessica's two-part 2021 Dressed interview about Chicago fashion history can be listened to here and here.

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On the Dressed Bookshelf Jul 04, 2025

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The Dressed Bookshelf has over 150 fashion history titles and counting! This week, we highlight some our favorite recent additions.

Books discussed in the episode:
Azzedine Alaia: A Couturier’s Collection
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free by Elizabeth Evitts Dickenson
Dress History of Korea: Critical Perspectives on Primary Sources, ed. Kyunghee Pyun and Minjee Kim
Fashion & Motherhood: Image, Material, Identity, ed. by Laura Snelgrove, Lauren Downing Peters and Darnell-Jamal Lisby
Fashion in American Life, \ ed. Hazel Clark and Lauren Downing Peters
Perfection: 400 Years of Women’s Quest for Beautyby Margarette Lincoln
The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th Century Atlantic World by Elisabeth Gernerd
The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitchby Kirstie Macleod and voices from the embroidery project

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Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys From the Girls in America, an interview with Jo B. Paoletti Jul 02, 2025

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Is it pink for girls and blue for boys OR is it pink for boys and blue for girls?!! Professor Jo B. Paoletti, author of Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys From the Girls in America, joins us to discuss the history of childrenswear and the role clothing plays in children's developing concepts of gender.

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Mayor of Fashion Town, an interview with Fern Mallis Jun 27, 2025

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Fern Mallis joins us today to speak about her career which spans six decades of shaping, supporting and championing first American fashion, and later turning her expertise towards developing fashion weeks around the globe.

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25 Years of "Make It Work" with Tim Gunn Jun 25, 2025

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Internationally beloved teacher, mentor, and fashion authority Tim Gunn returns to Dressed to discuss his sixteen seasons at Project Runway and the origins of his famous catchphrase "Make it work."

Want More Tim Gunn:

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Tim's 2022 Dressed Interview

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The Fortuny Delphos Gown: A Herstory Jun 20, 2025

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One of the most iconic dresses in fashion history, the finely pleated, Grecian-inspired "Delphos" gown is synonymous with Mariano Fortuny, but it should be credited to his partner in life and work Henriette Negrin. This is her story.

Recommended resources:

"More than a Muse" article
Google Arts & Culture article on the Delphos
"The Knossos Scarf"

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Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance with A'Lelia Bundles Jun 18, 2025

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A'Lelia Bundles joins us to discuss the remarkable life of her great-grandmother--and namesake--A'Lelia Walker, a defining figure of the Harlem Renaissance and the subject of her recently published book Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance.