Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part I

Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part I

Dressed: The History of Fashion · 2024-12-11

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

Register for our new course: The 1950’s Golden Age of Haute Couture

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dressed: The History of Fashion

With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common: everyday, we all get dressed. Join fashion historians April Calahan and Cassidy Zachary in celebrating the who, what, when of why we wear throughout history and around the world.

Where can you listen?

Apple Podcasts Logo Spotify Logo Podtail Logo Google Podcasts Logo RSS

Episodes

Advanced Style, Part I: An Interview with Ari Seth Cohen (Dressed Classic)

Advanced Style, Part I: An Interview with Ari Seth Cohen (Dressed Classic)

2025-02-26

Style knows no age. In part one of this two part episode from the Dressed Archive, photographer Ari Seth Cohen joins us to discuss Advanced Style, his street style blog turned international movement celebrating "the stylish senior set."

Ari's Advanced Style books:

Advanced StyleAdvanced Style: Older and WiserAdvanced Love

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Get Dressed With Us in Paris and New York!

Get Dressed With Us in Paris and New York!

2025-02-21

A quick hello from the Dressed Universe! While we are still on our winter hiatus, we wanted to check in to invite you to get Dressed with us in Paris, New York and online...

We have amazing fashion history tours open for registration now: 3 days in New York City April 9th-11th (and because Day 1 sold out, we added an extra date April 16th) and a once-in-a-lifetime 7 day tour of Paris June 29-July 6th.

Head over to dressedhistory.com for the detailed itineraries and also to register for our upcoming online classes.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dress Like an Egyptian, an interview with Dr. Colleen Darnell (Dressed Classic)

Dress Like an Egyptian, an interview with Dr. Colleen Darnell (Dressed Classic)

2025-02-19

During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog of more than 500 episodes. Today we revisit one of our earliest episodes from 2018 when we chatted with Dr. Colleen Darnell, renowned Egyptologist, author, educator and media personality for a fascinating look into the dress practices of one of history's most captivating civilizations, ancient Egypt.

Follow Dr. Darnell @vintage_egpytologist

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison (Dressed Classic)

Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison (Dressed Classic)

2025-02-14

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 websiteOur Battle of Versailles interview with Robin Givan

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our websiteOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Joy of Fashion with Pat Cleveland (Dressed Classic)

The Joy of Fashion with Pat Cleveland (Dressed Classic)

2025-02-12

This week we talk with fashion icon and fashion model pioneer Pat Cleveland about her fifty-plus year career in fashion.

Pat's memoir Walking with the Muses 

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Scott Barrie, an interview with Elizabeth Way

Scott Barrie, an interview with Elizabeth Way

2025-02-07

During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog of more than 500 episodes. Today we revisit one of our past episodes with Elizabeth Way who joined us, on this occasion, to speak about the work of fashion designer Scott Barrie who is only but one of the creators detailed in her edited volume Black Designers in American Fashion.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Ann Lowe: American Couturier, an interview with Elizabeth Way

Ann Lowe: American Couturier, an interview with Elizabeth Way

2025-02-05

During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog. Today we revisit one of our past episodes with Elizabeth Way who joined us, on this occasion, to speak about her 2023 exhibition Ann Lowe: American Couturier, which was on view at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

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."

Recommended reading: Way, Elizabeth, ed. Ann Lowe: American Couturier, New York: Rizzoli Electra, 2023.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Donyale Luna: Myth, Model, Muse, Part II

Donyale Luna: Myth, Model, Muse, Part II

2025-01-31

We continue our look at the life, legend, and legacy of 1960s supermodel Donyale Luna.

Further Reading / Watching:

Donyale in Que Etes-Vous Polly Magoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS_aJN7c8ps;Daughter Dream Cazzaniga's article https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/donyale-luna-model-vogueDon Strachan's blog https://donyaleluna.wordpress.comTIME magazine's "The Luna Year" http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,840625,00.html

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Donyale Luna: The Life and Legacy of a Legendary Model, Part I

Donyale Luna: The Life and Legacy of a Legendary Model, Part I

2025-01-29

In 1966, Donyale Luna became the first model of color to appear on the cover of any edition of Vogue magazine--but she was so much more than a pretty face. In this week's two part series, we look at the life, legend, and legacy of the enigmatic woman who took the fashion world by storm in the 1960s.

Further reading:

Daughter Dream Cazzaniga's Vogue article Don Strachan's Blog TIME magazine's "The Luna Year"

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Fashion's Frontier: Denim, an interview with Emma McClendon (Dressed Classic)

Fashion's Frontier: Denim, an interview with Emma McClendon (Dressed Classic)

2025-01-22

During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog. Today, we revisit our much-requested episode with Emma McClendon about the history of denim and her 2019 exhibition Denim: Fashion's Frontier which was on view at The Museum at FIT in New York City.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Fashion History Mystery #14: "Copying: a Fancy Name for Stealing (Dressed Classic)

Fashion History Mystery #14: "Copying: a Fancy Name for Stealing (Dressed Classic)

2025-01-17

Detective hats on as we head back into the Dressed archive to revisit a 2019 episode where Cassidy and April address a listener question regarding fashion copying: fashion fakes are nothing new, but just when and where did the practice start and why?

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Gordon Parks: The Man of Many Hats (Dressed Classic)

Gordon Parks: The Man of Many Hats (Dressed Classic)

2025-01-15

Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was one of the 20th and 21st centuries great luminaries, most famous for his prolific career as a photojournalist for LIFE magazine. A man of many talents, this week we explore his unlikely career as a fashion photographer by revisiting an episode from 2018.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
A History of Pockets, part II, an interview with Dr. Ariane Fennetaux

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

2025-01-10

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

Today we return with part II of 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.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
A History of Pockets, part I, an interview with Dr. Ariane Fennetaux

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

2025-01-08

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.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Fashion History Mysteries: Mary Janes and Chatelaines (Dressed Classics)

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

2025-01-03

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

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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

2024-12-12

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

Register for our new course: The 1950’s Golden Age of Haute Couture

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part I

Tis the Season V: Fashion History’s Gift Hits (and Misses), Part I

2024-12-11

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

Register for our new course: The 1950’s Golden Age of Haute Couture

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Fashion History Now #65: Listener Mail Roundup

Fashion History Now #65: Listener Mail Roundup

2024-12-06

For our penultimate episode of season 7, we hear from YOU! Today's listener mail episode investigates the history of the French couture house Manguin, gets some updates on the militarization of glitter during WWII and makes an instagram rec to follow @moonhoney.jewelry for super interesting content on the history of jewelry.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Bump-Proof the Baby:  Historic Wearables for Toddler Safety

Bump-Proof the Baby: Historic Wearables for Toddler Safety

2024-12-04

This week we investigate the variety of ways parents have historically dressed their toddlers to prevent injuries when they take that inevitable tumble. From puddings to go-wains and wicker walkers to ribbons of childhood, we look at the art historical record to explore childrenswear from the 16th-19th centuries.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Black Beauty Archive with Camille Lawrence

The Black Beauty Archive with Camille Lawrence

2024-11-29

We are joined by Camille Lawrence, founder of the Black Beauty Archive, a groundbreaking archive dedicated to documenting, preserving and archiving Black beauty culture, past and present.

Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?

Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesListen ad free here!

Our Sponsors:
* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/DRESSED
* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-content

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy