The Art of Arab Dress with Dr. Reem El Mutwalli
Dr. Reem El Mutwalli joins us in a discussion of her organization The Zay Initiative, a fashion history archive dedicated to collecting, documenting and digitally archiving dress from across the Arab ...
27 Okt 202046min
Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion, an interview with Amy de la Haye, pt. 2
In part two of this two-part series, Amy de la Haye joins us to speak about fashion's love affair with the rose, her book The Rose in Fashion: Ravishing and its associated exhibition which is to be mo...
22 Okt 202023min
Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion, an interview with Amy de la Haye, pt. 1
In part one of this two-part series, Amy de la Haye joins us to speak about the historic symbolism of the rose, her book The Rose in Fashion: Ravishing and its associated exhibition which is to be mou...
20 Okt 202045min
Fashion History Mystery #53: Suffragist Herstory: Miss Mabel Ping-Hua Lee
On this week's minisode we delve into the incredible life of suffragist Mable Ping-Hua Lee, the activist who dedicated her life to the suffrage movement and women's rights despite the fact she may hav...
15 Okt 202013min
Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion with Dr. Tanisha C. Ford
Dr. Tanisha C. Ford returns to discuss her recently released memoir Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Letter to the Power of Fashion (2019). More on Dr. Ford: http://www.tanishacford.com Recommended...
8 Okt 202028min
Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Politics of Global Soul with Dr. Tanisha C. Ford
The paradox of clothing is that it can be at once the most public and the most personal of items a person can use to express their identity historically and today, a dichotomy found throughout the wor...
6 Okt 202055min
Fashion History Now #19: Finding Future Vintage, an interview with Gabriel Brandon-Hanson and Jesus Herrera
This week designers Gabriel Brandon-Hanson and Jesus Herrera join us to discuss their vintage shop which features exquisitely handmade garments sourced from all over Mexico and how their contemporary ...
1 Okt 202051min
Floriography: The Victorian Language of Flowers, an interview with Jessica Roux
Daffodils for your unrequited love, lavender for your sworn enemy. This week author and illustrator Jessica Roux joins us to discuss how the Victorians used the symbolism of flowers as a means of comm...
29 Sep 202039min
