Podcast Episodes

Future Fit: A History of the Jumpsuit, an interview with Andrea Lauer

This week Andrea Lauer joins us to discuss the utilitarian and utopian history of the jumpsuit. A favorite fashion staple of the 21st century, the ju…

5 years, 7 months ago

Fashion History Mystery #50: Count Chardonnet and the Quest for Artificial Silk

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…

5 years, 7 months ago

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

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

5 years, 7 months ago

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

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 t…

5 years, 7 months ago

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

Thanks to a plethora of literature and Hollywood films, the American West holds an almost mythic-like place in the popular imagination. Its mere ment…

5 years, 7 months ago

Fashion History Now #14

On this week's minisode, we discuss listener mail about Princess Beatrice's upcycled Norman Harnell wedding dress, bicycling etiquette art, magical m…

5 years, 8 months ago

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

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 dur…

5 years, 8 months ago

Fashion History Mystery #49: A Brief History of Shorts

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

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5 years, 8 months ago

Fashioning White Femininity: The Ethnic Masquerade of Modern Fashion with Dr. Victoria Pass

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 …

5 years, 8 months ago

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

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…

5 years, 8 months ago