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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.

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Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore with Kiki Smith and Keren Ben-Horin, Part II
Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore with Kiki Smith and Keren Ben-Horin, Part I
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up (Dressed Classic)
Incredible and Marvelous: Fashion's First Hipsters (Dressed Classic)
The Fashion Calendar Database, an interview with Natalie Nudell
Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing with Elizabeth L. Block, Part I
*Ad Free* Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing with Elizabeth L. Block, Part I
Fashion by the Letter: A to Z, Part I
WHat I wORE To Work part II, an interview with Jo Weldon
WHat I wORE To Work, part I, an interview with Jo Weldon
Worn to Win: Dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete, Part I
Let’s “Dress Up”! with Curators theo tyson and Emily Stoehrer
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, part II, an interview with Bethany Gingrich and Elizabeth Shaeffer
Piece of My Heart, an interview with Penelope Tree
Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration with Isabella Rosner, Part 2
Fashion History Now #62
The Fasten-ating History of Closing Clothes
Kimono: Art, Craft, Storytelling with Keita Motoji and Mark McNulty of Ginza Motoji, Part I
Supreme Women: Iconic Black Models, Actresses and Sirens with Marcellas Reynolds, Part II
Supreme Women: Iconic Black Models, Actresses and Sirens with Marcellas Reynolds, Part I
Why Fashion History Matters: Lessons From Our Past to Save Our Future
Dressed's Upcoming 2024 Fashion History Tour of Paris
Making It In America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (and How It Got That Way), an interview with Rachel Slade
Native Fashion Week with Amber Dawn Bear Robe
Gucci: The Fashion History of a Family, Part II
Gucci: The Fashion History of a Family, Part I
Dolly Parton's Life Lived in Rhinestones: Behind the Seams with Rebecca Seaver, Part II
Fashion History Now #60
The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture and Identity with Isabel Attyah Flower and Marcel Rosa-Salas, Part I
Fashion Fads from History: Live On or Leave to the Past?
Handmade in NYC: The Art of Pleating with George Kalajian of Tom's Sons International Pleating
Dressing to Undress, an interview with Dita Von Teese, part 2
Dressing to Undress, an interview with Dita Von Teese, part 1
Dressed Classic, Fashion History Mystery #52: Driving Fashion
Dressed Classic, Fashion History Mystery 42: Hook, Line, and Sink-Her, a History of Fishnets
Dressed Classic: The Red Dress Embroidery Project with Artist Kirstie Macleod
Dressed Classic: A History of the Vietnamese Nail Salon with Filmmaker Adele Pham
Dressed Classic: Norma Kamali is Invincible, part 1
Dressed Classic: Supreme Glamour, an Interview with Mary Wilson
'Tis the Season III: History's Gift Hits (And Misses)
Fashion History Now #59
Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion with Mitchell S. Jackson
Fashioned by Sargent, an interview with Dr. Erica Hirshler, part 2
Fashioned by Sargent: an interview with Dr. Erica Hirshler, part 1
Fashion History Now #57
Wear Next: Fashioning the Future, an interview with Clare Press, part 1
Fashion History Now #56
Fashion History Now #55
Fashion History Now #54: SWAIA Indigenous Fashion with Amber-Dawn Bear Robe

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Fashion and Politics: The French Revolution (Dressed Classic)
For the Love of Fashion: Celebrating 500 Episodes of Getting Dressed, Part 1
Worn to Win: Dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete, Part IV
Worn to Win: Dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete, Part III
Worn to Win: Dressing the Summer Olympic Athlete, Part 2
Dressed Classic: When Fashion Kills, an interview with Dr. Alison Matthews David
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, part I, an interview with Andrew Bolton
Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV with Amanda Wunder, Part 2
Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV with Amanda Wunder, Part I
Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration with Isabella Rosner, Part I
Beach Pajamas: From Sleepwear to Sportswear, an interview with Janine D'Agati and Hannah Schiff
Fashion and Disability, an interview with Kate Annett-Hitchcock, pt I
Fashion History Now 61: The 2024 Met Gala
Sonia Delaunay: The Art of Everything, an interview with Waleria Dorogova, part I
Dolly Parton's Life Lived in Rhinestones: Behind the Seams with Rebecca Seaver, Part I
Dressed Classic: Hanae Mori, an interview with Ayaka Sano
Mildred Blount: The Girl with the Golden Fingers, an interview with Taylor Bythewood-Porter
Women Dressing Women, an interview with Mellissa Huber and Karen Van Godtsenhoven, part I
Handmade in NYC: The Art of Flower Making with Adam Brand of M&S Schmalberg
Dressed Classic: A History of the Paper Pattern Industry
Dressed Classic: For the Love of Fashion, an interview with Hamish Bowles
Dressed Classic: What the Tux?: an interview with Dr. Chloe Chapin
Dressed Classic: Remaking Fashion History: An Interview with John Bright
Dressed Classic: Rewriting History, an interview with Fabiola Jean-Louis
The Battle of Versailles: 50 Years Later with "Halstonette" Chris Royer
Jane Austen's Wardrobe, an interview with Dr. Hilary Davidson
Ann Lowe: American Couturier, an interview with Elizabeth Way
Invisible Beauty: An Interview with Bethann Hardison
Fashioning the Gilded Age: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion with Dr. Elizabeth L. Block, Part I
Let's Party Like it's 1889!: Etiquette of the Fête in Gilded Age New York
Fashion History Titles from the Dressed Bookshelf
Wear Next: Fashioning the Future, an interview with Clare Press, part 2
From the Moulin Rouge to Elvis: Costuming Fashion History with Catherine Martin, Part I
"It's Got Pockets!": Gender and Pocket Parity, an interview with Dr. Hannah Carlson
Medieval Peasant Pageantry with Greedy Peasant's Tyler Gunther
The First Book of Fashion: 16th Century Fashion Blogging with Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward
Episode 315: Hollywood to High Fashion: The Life and Work of Gilbert Adrian, part 1

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