Fashion History Books for Kids

Marcellas Reynolds is back to talk about the final book in his fashion forward Supreme Women series: Supreme Sirens: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music. Want more Supreme Women? Supreme Actresses: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized HollywoodSupreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized FashionWant more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Recorded live at the recent Project Threadways symposium hosted by the ethical brand Alabama Chanin, we explore four past Dressed topics to underscore the importance of understanding the materials to go into our clothes and valuing the people that make them.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 140 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The 2024 Met Gala might go down as the most controversial and most expensive in the event's 75 year+ history. Today we unpack the broader implications of the Gala's The Garden of Time theme while we also explore the exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, which puts on display 220 masterpieces from The Costume Institute's permanent collection. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 140 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today we tease our Fall 2024 fashion history tour of Paris and detail all of the sartorial delights on our itinerary for the City of Lights. From tours of the most important fashion museums in the world, to private visits to the ateliers of both historic and contemporary makers, this year's tour might just be our best yet! We will visit the Paris Opera and ballet costume workshops after hours on an exceptionally exclusive tour and will wander the 'closed to the public' spectacular home of one of the 19th centuries great (and most fashionable) courtesans, La Paiva. Tune in to see what's in store for you if you join us à Paris September 28-October 5 2024.More information and detailed itinerary are here. Space is limited and we expect this to sell out quickly. (Once the initial offering fills, we will start a waitlist to assess interest in a second weeklong offering.)Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 130 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we are joined by Rachel Slade to discuss her book Making It In America which examines the story of the company American Roots which has undertaken the nearly impossible task of manufacturing garments 100% made in the U.S.A. Recorded live at the recent 18th Annual Sustainability Business and Design Conference at the Fashion Institute of Technology, our discussion centers around the challenges faced by American makers.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? More information on our 2024 Fashion History tour of ParisOur website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 130 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Books are some of the first ways that children are introduced to the fantastical, wonderful, and historical world of fashion. On today's episode, we share some children's books that sparked our own love for fashion history, as well as some more recent publications. Books discussed in today's episode (some with links to purchase):A Treasury of the World’s Greatest Fairy TalesRumplestiltskin by Paul O. ZelinskyThe Lady with the Ship on her Head by Deborah Nourse LattimoreBaba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna MayerMufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John SteptoeMy Dadima Wears a Sari by Kashmira ShethLittle People/Big Dreams: Vivienne WestwoodLittle People/Big Dreams: Iris ApfelLittle People/Big Dreams: Frida KahloThe Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe by Deborah BlumenthalOnly the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashions of Ann Lowe by Kate Messner and Margaret PowellBloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo MaclearThe Little Red Dress: A Kids Book about Fashion by Jonathan JosephHistory is Worn: A Story of Fashion by Christine Na-Eun MillarWant more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's time to add Santa Fe to the list of world fashion centers! May marks the debut of SWAIA Native Fashion Week, the very first Indigenous “fashion week” in the US dedicated to showcasing the exciting and dynamic creations of Native American and Indigenous Canadian designers. Amber Dawn Bear Robe, the show's visionary director and producer, joins us to tell us what to expect from this historic event. Want to attend? Get your tickets here!SWAIA Native Fashion's Instagram Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We continue our exploration into the fashion history of the Gucci family, in part two of a two part past episode from the Dressed archive.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today, the name Gucci, with its iconic double "G" logo, is an internationally renowned luxury fashion label. But what of the Gucci family responsible for its creation? In this week's two-part episode from the Dressed archives, we delve into the fashion history of one of the world's most instantly recognizable brands by centering the family responsible for its creation and its heart. Our Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Waleria Dorgova joins us for for the second part of our episode this week on the artist, interior, fashion and textile designer Sonia Delaunay. Dr. Dorogova co-curated the ground-breaking exhibition with Dr. Laura Microulis, research curator of the Bard Graduate Center, where the exhibition Sonia Delaunay: Living Art is on view through July 7, 2024.Can't make the exhibition? Check out the exceptional catalog for the show here.Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our website and classesOur InstagramOur bookshelf with over 120 of our favorite fashion history titlesOur Sponsors:* Check out Asterpro: www.asteproallergy.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code DRESSED for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Rakuten: www.rakuten.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy