Dana and Joy chat with Kirstin Purtich at CSA 2019 about her presentation "Aloha Hawaii: Marketing the Paradise of the Pacific in Mainland Department Stores."

Image: Shirt, ca. 1949. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

To learn more about the CSA: costumesocietyamerica.com/national-sym…proceedings/

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90. CSA Series: Aloha Hawaii, Interview with Kirstin Purtich

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In this episode, we will be talking about Edamburu hairstyle worn by Mangbetu women in the early 20th century. Also called the tumburu style, it was popularized and fetishized by fashion designers and movies. We want to thank scholar Vicky Pass for allowing us to use her research for this episode.

Thumbnail: Naomi Simms in a fashion editorial, possibly Life Magazine.
Photos of the hairstyle being created (@t4yana): https://www.instagram.com/p/BcGNEtPl7Wa/

Vicky Pass' posts about the hairstyle:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDXhuDuJ3VB/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUbLxdpjEP/

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137. Fashion In Focus: Edamburu Hair Style

This episode is a little different. Firstly, this is a pre-pandemic conversation. Consider this an oral history of friends. Joy talks with friend of the show and scholar Johnathan Michael Square about being black in academia. They share triumphs, challenges, feelings, and advice to those wanting to pursue careers in academia. 

Talking PointsHow do you choose a college?, Deb Willis, NYU, FIT, UMBC, Where are the Black conservators?

Image Credit: gentlemansgazette.com via Brooks Brothers

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136. Being Black In The Archives

In this Fashion In Focus Jasmine reveal the history of the Panama Hat (which is actually the Toquilla Hat) that does not originate from Panama. The woven's hat originated and is still manufactured in Ecuador. 

Image credit: www.domingocarranza.com

Resources: 
https://www.domingocarranza.com/dcpanamahatsblog/

https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/panama-hat/

https://ultrafino.com/blogs/articles/the-complete-panama-hat-history

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Panama_Hat_Trail/QNgtDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Panama+Hat&printsec=frontcover

135. Fashion in Focus: The Panama Hat

For this Unravel, After Dark episode Joy and Jasmine discuss the history and symbolism of the nipple in fashion and art. For this Unravel, After Dark episode Joy and Jasmine discuss the history and symbolism of the nipple in fashion and art. We start in the “ancient period” and end somewhere around the Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake debacle.

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Image credit: Anna Dorothea Therbusch: Portrait of Wilhelmine Encke, Countess Lichtenau


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90. CSA Series: Aloha Hawaii, Interview with Kirstin Purtich

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