Fashion Fads from History: Live on or Leave t...

In this 2022 episode, we talked to David Wolfe (1941-2023) about his sixty plus year career in fashion working as a groundbreaking trend forecaster, fashion illustrator, and paper doll artist. More David Wolfe: David's paper doll work David's interview on The Decorder Ring podcas ...  Show more

This week's Dressed Classic episodes revisit a 2021 two-part interview with Ilise S. Carter joined us to discuss her book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, which uses lipstick as a lens to examine the hopes, dreams and anxieties of American societ ...  Show more

April has two books out about fashion history, one featuring historical fashion plates, and another on the pochoir technique used to create fashion illustrations in the early 20th century.

[video available on spotify]  welcome back to another edition of trendy or timeless. over the past week, i've gotten caught up in current fashion and i've noticed a lot of trends. so today, i want to analyze the trends that are on the runway now and discuss whether i think they'r ...  Show more

What Can Fashion History Teach Us About Sustainability? Which fashion figures tower over the history books? Who’s fame stands the test of time, and who gets forgotten - and why? What can we learn from wartime rationing and the Make Do ...

Dress codes are as old as clothing itself. For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, ...  Show more