Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in part two of our Barbie fashion history series from 2023 which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status.

Recommended Reading:

• Ruth Handler's Dream Doll 
• Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie 
• Robin Gerber's Barbie and Ruth 
• Black Barbie documentary
• Independent article about the Black Barbie documentary
• "Tracing the History of 'Asian' Barbie" by Kelly Kasulis
• Billyboy* and Mdvanii

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Barbie is so much more than a child's toy. Since making her debut in 1959, the Barbie doll has become a full-fledged global phenomenon--and fashion icon. In this three part series from 2023, we explore the fashion history and cultural significance of the world's most famous doll and meet the fascinating figures behind her creation. 

Recommended Reading:

• Ruth Handler's Dream Doll 
• Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie 
• Robin Gerber Barbie and Ruth 

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This week, we revisit a 2021 episode where we explored the fascinating origins of "sailor" and "peter pan" style collars. 

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During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog of more than 500 episodes. Today we reair our 2019 episode with animal rights activist and vegan menswear designer Joshua Katcher who joined us to talk about his book Fashion Animals and the relationship between humans and the animals they wear.

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In this episode we revisit our 2021 conversation with poet, performance artist, and activist Alok Vaid-Menon who discusses the beauty, importance and imperative of moving beyond the gender binary with the #DeGenderFashion movement. 

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In part one of a two-part conversation from 2021, poet, performance artist, and activist Alok Vaid-Menon joins us to discuss the history of sartorial gender codes and legislation, and the non-gender conforming individuals who dared to defy them.

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During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog of more than 500 episodes. Today we revisit a 2019 episode where we answer a listener question about the history of seersucker, which leads us to a surprising discussion of etymology.

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During our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog of more than 500 shows including this 2020 conversation about how the ballerina has inspired many a fashion designer. Dance and fashion have long had a symbiotic relationship, and this week we speak to Patricia Mears about her sublimely beautiful exhibition which highlights the mutual love affair between ballet and high style.

Recommended reading:

• Mears, Patricia et al. Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse. New York: Vendome Press, 2019.

• Clip from the Red Shoes (1948): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktv3-1JTspc.

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In this episode from the Dressed Archive, we meet some of the muses of Ari Seth Cohen's Advanced Style and Advanced Love series who joined us in 2020 to share the myriad of lessons and philosophies they've learned from their many years of getting dressed in style.

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Style knows no age. In part one of this two part episode from the Dressed Archive, photographer Ari Seth Cohen joins us to discuss Advanced Style, his street style blog turned international movement celebrating "the stylish senior set." 

Ari's Advanced Style books:

• Advanced Style
• Advanced Style: Older and Wiser
• Advanced Love

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