Introducing History Daily...
30 May - 36 minsToday we introduce you to one of our favorite history podcasts, History Daily. And one of the reasons that we think you all will enjoy History Daily’s content is we share a common belief as they say that “History is human.” History Daily finds the overlooked and often forgotten human stories behind the names and dates of ordinary history. Which we love!
Please enjoy these two fifteen minute History Daily episodes on historical figures for whom fashion and dress played somewhat of defining role in their lives… a couple of sassy lady pirates and then after the sponsor break, an episode about Marie Antoinette’s husband, King Louis XVI.
Happy listening and Dressed will be back as regularly s...
Series Episodes
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 Black style through the lens of dandyism. On view now at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until October 26th, 2025. Further learning: Monica's tour of the exhibit tour Superfine catalog Slaves to Fashion book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45 mins
4 June Finished
Fashion History Now #68
Our latest edition of "Fashion History Now" is an around the world journey. From Japan to Australia to New York, we shine the spotlight on documentaries, exhibitions, and ethical products that celebrate fashion's past, present and future. To enjoy: Hazel Village's ethically made woodland animals To follow: Keita Motoji's Linkedin Instagram: @kimonoreborntokyo, @tokyokimonoshoes To visit/attend: Chicago History Museum's Dressed in History exhibition Live recording of Dressed in Chicago Sargent and Paris at The Met in NYC Fashion and Interiors: A Gendered Affair at Momu Antwerp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33 mins
28 May Finished
Leigh Bowery: Phantasmagoric Couturier, an interview with Fiontán Moran, Part II
In this week's two-part episode, we explore the work of the "phantasmagoric couturier" Leigh Bowery, who has been described as "artist and art object, a thing to see, to experience." Primarily using dress and his own body as his medium of expression, Bowery's work was equally at home in contemporary art institutions and in the London club scene during the 1980s and 1990s. Tate Modern curator Fiontán Moran joins us this week to speak about the exhibition Leigh Bowery! which is on view now at the Tate through August 31, 2025. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
46 mins
23 May Finished
Leigh Bowery: Phantasmagoric Couturier, an interview with Fiontán Moran, Part I
In this week's two-part episode, we explore the work of the "phantasmagoric couturier" Leigh Bowery, who has been described as "artist and art object, a thing to see, to experience." Primarily using dress and his own body as his medium of expression, Bowery's work was equally at home in contemporary art institutions and in the London club scene during the 1980s and 1990s. Tate Modern curator Fiontán Moran joins us this week to speak about the exhibition Leigh Bowery! which is on view now at the Tate through August 31, 2025. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
55 mins
21 May Finished
Fashion History Now #67: Listener Mail
This week we hear from some of our very favorite guests: YOU! From your questions about Medieval millinery to Brooke Shield's infamous campaign for Calvin Klein jeans when she was just 15 and a fashion history archive recommendation today we answer and review your listener mail. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 mins
16 May Finished
