Dressed: The History of Fashion

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Fashion History Mystery #50: Count Chardonnet and the Quest for Artificial Silk Aug 20, 2020

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How do Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison and an enigmatic French Count factor into the history of one of the most widely used textiles on the planet? Tune in to find out!

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Cool Shades: A History of Sunglasses, an interview with Vanessa Brown Aug 18, 2020

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Vanessa Brown joins us this week to discuss the ways in which sunglasses have been used in the construction of cool and celebrity glamour.

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Fashion History Now #15: Indian Market 2020's Virtual Fashion Show Aug 13, 2020

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This week we are joined by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, the producer behind Santa Fe Indian Market's annual fashion show, which goes virtual this year for the first time. We learn about the show's history and this year's featured designers.

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Re-Dressing America's Frontier Past, an Interview with Dr. Peter Boag Aug 11, 2020

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Thanks to a plethora of literature and Hollywood films, the American West holds an almost mythic-like place in the popular imagination. Its mere mention conjures images of legendary gunslingers and heroic homesteaders, among many other revered tropes. Lesser known and explored, however, is the American West's queer history and the many individuals who challenged and transgressed society's sexuality and gender binaries on the daily. Dr. Peter Boag joins us this week to discuss his book Re-Dressing America's Frontier Past.

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Fashion History Now #14 Aug 06, 2020

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On this week's minisode, we discuss listener mail about Princess Beatrice's upcycled Norman Harnell wedding dress, bicycling etiquette art, magical magazines, and SCAD museum's virtual fashion tours!

Instagram accounts mentioned:

@diktats_bookstore, @simpsonsruinart, @faeriemagazine, @followmeaway

Other recommendations:

https://enchantedlivingmag.com, https://www.scadfash.org/events/see-top-selects-alaia-adrian-masters-cut-virtual-tour

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Fashioning the Enslaved Servant, an interview with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square Aug 04, 2020

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This week Dr. Jonathan Michael Square joins us to discuss some of his object based research into Brooks Brother's coats worn by enslaved servants during the 19th century.

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Fashion History Mystery #49: A Brief History of Shorts Jul 30, 2020

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This week we answer a listener query about when and how did shorts enter women's wardrobes.

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Fashioning White Femininity: The Ethnic Masquerade of Modern Fashion with Dr. Victoria Pass Jul 28, 2020

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During the 1920s and 30s, white fashion magazines and designers marketed ethnicity to white women as something that could be put on and taken off at will. Dr. Victoria Pass joins us to discuss the colonialist underbelly of modern fashion's "ethnic masquerade" and its contemporary incarnations.

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Clueless at Twenty-Five, an Interview with Costume Designer Mona May Jul 23, 2020

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In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the iconic fashion flick Clueless, we bring you a special interview with the film's costume designer Mona May.

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1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years, an interview with Rebecca C. Tuite Jul 21, 2020

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This week we examine the career of American Vogue editor Jessica Daves who presided over the magazine during the 1950s, a golden age of fashion photography and modernism. Why is it that Daves remains lesser known today in comparison to the editors who preceded and followed her?

Recommended reading:

Tuite, Rebecca C. 1950s in Vogue: The Jessica Daves Years, 1952-1962. London & New York: Thames & Hudson, 2019.

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