Podcast Episodes

Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison

Fashion luminary and trailblazing model, agent and activist Bethann Hardison joins us to discuss her life and legacy as explored in the new documenta…

2 years, 5 months ago

Fashioned by Sargent, an interview with Dr. Erica Hirshler, part 2

In part two of our 2-part episode on the MFA Boston's exhibition Fashioned by Sargent, art historian Dr. Erica Hirshler re-joins us to speak about so…

2 years, 5 months ago

Fashioned by Sargent: an interview with Dr. Erica Hirshler, part 1

All this week, Dr. Erica Hirshler joins us to talk about the sartorial stylings of one of history's great painters of fashion, John Singer Sargent. I…

2 years, 5 months ago

Fashioning the Gilded Age: Tariffs, Thieves, and TV with Dr. Elizabeth L. Block, Part II

Nothing gets between a woman and her fashion! Dr. Elizabeth Block joins us for part two of our episode on Gilded Age fashion in a discussion on fashi…

2 years, 5 months ago

Fashioning the Gilded Age: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion with Dr. Elizabeth L. Block, Part I

Dr. Elizabeth Block joins us to discuss her book Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion which celebrates the lesser known figures behin…

2 years, 5 months ago

What's In Your Closet, Emma P?: Jacques Cartier

This week we launch a new segment of Dressed! What's In Your Closet episodes will delve into the items in your closets. In our inaugural episode, we …

2 years, 5 months ago

Let's Party Like it's 1889!: Etiquette of the Fête in Gilded Age New York

Anticipating the premier of The Gilded Age season 2 next week, we examine the practices and pitfalls of party etiquette of the American elite during …

2 years, 5 months ago

Fashion History Now #57

From 19th-century hand-embroidered laundry pillows to the fashion fantasy dreamscapes of Tilda Swinton and Tim Walker, we bring you the latest news f…

2 years, 5 months ago

Fashion History Titles from the Dressed Bookshelf

We highlight a few of our favorite fashion history titles from the hundreds on the Dressed bookshelf.

Books discussed in today's episode:

2 years, 6 months ago

Wear Next: Fashioning the Future, an interview with Clare Press, part 2

In part two of our episode with sustainability communicator Clare Press of the podcast Wardrobe Crisis, we discuss a whole host of innovators who are…

2 years, 6 months ago