Dressed: Episode Zero

Recorded live at the Chicago History Museum, “librarian of clothing” Jessica Pushor takes us behind the seams of her exhibition Dressed in History: A Costume Collection Retrospective. On view at the museum until July 27th, 2025, the exhibition celebrates the museum’s incredible 5 ... Show More

The Dressed Bookshelf has over 150 fashion history titles and counting! This week, we highlight some our favorite recent additions. Books discussed in the episode: Azzedine Alaia: A Couturier’s Collection Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free by Elizabeth Evitts Dicke ... Show More

Is it pink for girls and blue for boys OR is it pink for boys and blue for girls?!! Professor Jo B. Paoletti, author of Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys From the Girls in America, joins us to discuss the history of childrenswear and the role clothing plays in children's developing ... Show More

We're revisiting an episode from 2014, where we discuss the legendary wardrobe of Marie-Antoinette. Where did all those glorious clothes come from? In large part, they were the work of Rose Bertin, a milliner who found herself the stylist to the queen.  Learn more about your ad-c ... Show More

If someone from the future looked inside your wardrobe, what could they find out about your life? That you like going out to parties? Maybe your work uniform is in there? Or perhaps there is still evidence of fashion trends of yore, like the oh-so-low rise jeans of the early noug ... Show More

It's a Ridiculous History takeover! In honor of International Women's Day, join the hosts of the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You for this very special episode diving into the depths of history's most ridiculous beauty and fashion trends. Learn more about your ad-choices at https ... Show More

Why do the prices of clothes vary so much for similar items? How do the clothes at fast fashion franchises compare with the high-end clothing celebrities wear? In this episode, we talk with fashion experts to answer these questions and explore the history of the clothing we wear ... Show More

What clothes would you have worn in the Middle Ages? What were the most fashionable hairstyles? How did your clothing denote social status? How did you wash your clothes? In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis puts these questions to Sarah Grace Heller, associate professor ... Show More

"His clothes seemed to melt into each other with the perfection of their cut and the quiet harmony of their colour. Without a single point of emphasis, everything was distinguished"The suit has long served as the official attire of men in Britain, Europe and the Western World. Tr ... Show More

Welcome to a new season of The Glam Observer Podcast. Fashion week is just around the corner so I thought it would be interesting to learn about the history of fashion week(s). In this episode we will talk about:the first fashion showthe history of New York, Milan, Paris and Lond ... Show More

This week's re-release episode is on a fashion industry icon and trailblazer, André Leon Talley. From his early years growing up in the Jim Crow-era South to his rise to prominence as a fashion journalist and Vogue's first African-American male creative director. Join us as we di ... Show More

Last time, we looked at Sally's family background and pre-Paris life. This time, we look at her return to Monticello from Paris, and what happened next.0:00 Intro04:55 Sally’s story begins45:47 Ads1:26:44 ExtroThe image for this episode is from the multimedia installation The Lif ... Show More

In 1971, David Alexander went for a run in Central Park and started talking to a stranger. For our first episode of This Is Love, a story about what's possible when we bet everything on each other. We speak with David, Jody, and Julienne Alexander. Listen to other episodes of Thi ... Show More