On the Dressed Bookshelf
The Dressed Bookshelf has over 150 fashion history titles and counting! This week, we highlight some our favorite recent additions. Books discussed...
Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys From the Girls in America, an interview with Jo B. Paoletti
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 Boy...
Mayor of Fashion Town, an interview with Fern Mallis
Fern Mallis joins us today to speak about her career which spans six decades of shaping, supporting and championing first American fashion, and later ...
25 Years of "Make It Work" with Tim Gunn
Internationally beloved teacher, mentor, and fashion authority Tim Gunn returns to Dressed to discuss his sixteen seasons at Project Runway and the or...
The Fortuny Delphos Gown: A Herstory
One of the most iconic dresses in fashion history, the finely pleated, Grecian-inspired "Delphos" gown is synonymous with Mariano Fortuny, but it shou...
Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance with A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles joins us to discuss the remarkable life of her great-grandmother--and namesake--A'Lelia Walker, a defining figure of the Harlem Renais...
The Legend of Beau Brummell, an interview with Dr. Chloe Chapin, Part II
In part two of our episode on the 19th century English dandy Beau Brummell, Dr. Chloe Chapin joins us again to question the many myths surrounding Bru...
The Legend of Beau Brummell, an interview with Dr. Chloe Chapin, Part I
This week we continue the life, legend and myth of arguably the most famous dandy of all time, Beau Brummell. In part one of this episode, Dr. Chloe C...
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style with Monica L. Miller, Part II
Monica L. Miller joins us all this week to discuss her groundbreaking exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which celebrates over 300 years o...
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style with Monica L. Miller, Part I
Monica L. Miller joins us all this week to discuss her groundbreaking exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which celebrates over 300 years of ...