Dressed: The History of Fashion

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Scott Barrie, an interview with Elizabeth Way Oct 05, 2021

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This week Elizabeth Way joins us to speak about American designer Scott Barrie and hew new book Black Designers in American Fashion.

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The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of America, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part 2 Sep 30, 2021

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In part two of this week's episode, Ilise S. Carter joins us again to speak about lipstick in the context of feminism, Bladerunner and Boy George vs. 90s hair bands like Poison and Motley Crüe.

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The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of America, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part 1 Sep 28, 2021

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This week Ilise S. Carter joins us to discuss her forthcoming book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American history, which uses lipstick as a lens to examine the hopes, dreams and anxieties of American society.

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Fashion History Now #33: Met Gala 2021 Sep 23, 2021

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The theme of this year’s highly anticipated Met Gala was “American Independence,” so why did so many of the world’s most famous celebrities choose to wear European, rather than American, designers to the event? Cassidy and April discuss all things Met Gala 2021 and the exhibition it accompanies In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.

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The Rise of the American Designer Sep 21, 2021

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In the first decades of the 20th century, you would have been hard pressed to find a celebrated American fashion designer. So what changed? With the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion," we look back at the rise of the American fashion designer.

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Les Puces: The World's Largest Flea Market Sep 16, 2021

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Dressed goes vintage shopping at the world's antique market! Join us as we explore Les Puces in the St. Ouen suburb just north of Paris and recommend some top vendors for vintage fashion and fashion ephemera.

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18th Century Fashion and Etiquette at Versailles Sep 14, 2021

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The palace of Versailles during the 18th century was one of the most extravagant locales in the world. This week we break down some of the basics of fashion and etiquette at the French court.

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"The Street of a Thousand Luxuries": A Walking Tour of the Rue de la Paix, Part II Sep 09, 2021

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We continue our walking tour of the Rue de la Paix, the most luxurious shopping destination of Belle Epoque Paris.

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"The Street of a Thousand Luxuries": A Walking Tour of the Rue de la Paix, Part I Sep 07, 2021

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Join us as we take a walk down the Rue de la Paix, the most fashionable and luxurious street of Belle Epoque Paris. Home to the ateliers of Worth, Paquin, and Schiaparelli, the street was an international shopping destination for the gliterrati of society, the demi-mondaines, and royalty from around the world.

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Fashion History Now #32: Dressed in Paris Sep 02, 2021

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From Azzedine Alaïa to the oldest haberdashery in Paris, April and Cassidy recap Dressed's very first fashion history tour of "the city of light."

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