Dressed: The History of Fashion

The work of internationally renowned fashion designer and traditional Haida artist Dorothy Grant embodies "10,000 years of living Haida culture." She joins us to discuss her groundbreaking, four decade long career in celebration of the first monograph of her life and work Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread.

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In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part II, we chat about our “behind the seams” morning tours of two of the oldest, family owned and operated businesses in New York’s legendary Garment District and our fashion history-packed afternoon at the New York Historical Society!

Featured past Dressed guests:

M&S Schmalberg's website and Instagram, Dressed interview

Tom's Sons International Pleating's website and Instagram, Project Golden Bear, Four Empty Walls documentary, Dressed interview

Cheyney McKnight’s website, Instagram, Dressed Interview

Real Clothes Real Lives exhibition, Dressed interview with Keren Ben-Horin and Kiki Smith

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In this week's two-part episode, we recap our recent fashion history day tours of NYC and hear from a few of the past Dressed guests who joined us along the way. In Part I, we chat about our immersive day-long tours of the Fashion Institute of Technology and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Episodes with our featured guests:

Dress Like an Egyptian, an interview with Dr. Colleen Darnell

Making Lace: Then and Now, an interview with Eleana Kanagy-Loux Part I and Part II

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• Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles

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In Part II of this week's episode, Dr. Colleen Hill joins us to speak about some of the incredible objects in her exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities which is on view at The Museum at FIT through April 20. 2025. From the rare Victorian era sterling silver posey to the insatiable mind of Alexander McQueen, Fashioning Wonder is reminds us of the awe-inspiring power of fashion.

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All this week we endeavor to spark your sartorial curiosity as Dr. Colleen Hill joins us to speak about her exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities which is on view at The Museum at FIT through April 20, 2025. In Part I, we delve into the history of the wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosity, during the 16th-early 18th centuries and learn about some of the types of fashion objects found in these collections, which are often cited as the precursors to modern museum collections.

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Welcome to the first Fashion History Now of Season 8, where we bring you the latest news fashion history happening today.

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•  Anrealage A/W 2025/26 runway show,The Cash Cuff Shirt 

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For our debut of Season 8 of Dressed, we bring you the first of our new ongoing series: Fashion Scandals. Today we whisk you into the scandal swirling around surrounding one of the most famous paintings in all of art history, John Singer Sargent's Madame X. We will meet the subject, the American-born Parisian It-Girl Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, and learn just how her appearance in Sargent's portrait shocked even the most jaded of Parisians when it was displayed at one of the world's most prestigious art exhibitions, the Salon de Paris, in 1884.

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The final episode of our Barbie fashion history series explores Barbie's flowering into a fully fledged fashion icon in the 21st century and what that means in terms of diversity and representation for Barbie, in front of and behind the seams.

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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.

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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. 

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