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Brought to you by Penguin. The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook. In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully...

In the spirit of works by Jia Tolentino and Anne Helen Peterson, a smart and incisive essay collection centered on the fashion industry—its history, its importance, why we wear what we wear, and why it matters—from Elle Magazine’s fashion features director. Why does fashion hold so much...

 For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, but they always reflected struggles for power and status.

The viral dress debate that broke the internet in 2015 wasn't just about colors—it was proof that your brain constructs reality differently than everyone else's. Join Raven Thorne as she unravels the neuroscience, philosophy, and unsettling truth behind why we can't agree on what we see. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Booze, Babe, and the Little Black Dress retells the epic stories of the decade that addicted all of us to the shopping experience. Is that a good thing? A bad thing? Or something in between? Listen and choose for yourself.

Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn't have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso's Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the "Kings of Beauty"—just as the 1970's counterculture movement began to take off.

A harrowing dual memoir that braids the story of a Chinese-American woman’s search for identity with the dramatic tale of her great-aunt, who was born at the turn of the century in tradition-bound China and went on to become Vice President of China’s first women’s bank. "In China, a woman...

UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. For three years and more than a million dollars of insurance, the problem was “treated”—with makeup lessons and...

This is the first academic study of sneakers and the subculture that surrounds them. Since the 1980s, American sneaker enthusiasts, popularly known as 'sneakerheads' or 'sneakerholics', have created a distinctive identity for themselves, while sneaker manufacturers such as Reebok, Puma and Nike have become global fashion brands. How have sneakers come to gain this status and what makes them fashionable?

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“More than the Dress” is a podcast from Dress for Success Worldwide, the leading resource for advancing women in the workplace globally. Each episode features honest conversations with women leaders and change agents shaping work, leadership, and life today. Through real stories and timely insights, we explore the challenges and opportunities on women’s paths to economic mobility and independence. Because success is more than what you wear. We are igniting careers. We are transforming futures. Your success starts now!

Explore the rich tapestry of medieval life and culture in France, with insights drawn from across Europe. This engaging account delves into various aspects of daily life, including private rituals, culinary traditions, hunting practices, games, clothing styles, social privileges, justice systems, and more. With over 400 contemporary illustrations enhancing the narrative, this book brings history to life. Please note that sections 27 and 28 on punishments may be unsettling for sensitive readers. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

What is success? How do we measure it? Why do we value it? Who is asking all these questions? Come find these answers, and more, with guests who range from "classically successful" to "David Andrew Laws".This is Dress For The Podcast You Want, hosted by David Andrew Greener Laws & co-hosted by the successful Megan Greener Laws.Support your favorite podcaster at Patreon.com/backgroundjoysDavid Andrew Greener Laws -- IG: @davidnotandrewMegan Greener Laws -- IG: @instagreener1Intro/Outro Music: "Goin' Places" by Andrew WholfDress For The Podcast you want is hosted on DimlyWit.com#...

Brilliant Bridal found a new way to help brides & couples navigate all their options before, during, and after their wedding. Melanie & Malea - owners of Brilliant Bridal, hosts of this podcast, & experts in the wedding & bridal industry - will be sharing their experiences to empower, educate, and help brides & couples.If you are engaged, soon to be engaged, or married, this podcast is for you. When it comes to weddings - we got you!

By Annabel Beeforth of Love My Dress®, this podcast is for anyone planning their wedding, for all wedding business owners and everyone interested in the world of creative business entrepreneurship, whether you're deeply involved in the wedding industry, on its periphery, or are just generally curious.Each episode delivers profound and heart-led conversation with bright minds and brilliant business owners. We explore everything from weddings, business, creativity and authenticity and the life experiences that have influenced the careers and lives of my guests.More at lovemydress.net/podcast

The Little Black Dress: the icon for beauty, empowerment, confidence. A night on the town with your best girlfriends talking about anything and everything. We are a community of women who share openly and honestly.

Join our hosts, senior style icon and former mental health professional Teddi Krochman, and entrepreneur and documentarian Melissa Pierce, for a podcast that focuses on why we dress the way we do and what that says about us as a culture.

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Entstanden im Sommer 2019 aus einer Laune heraus, ist Dress Relief heute mehr, als nur ein Streetwear Podcast. Das Konzept? Ein oder mehrere Gäste, die in der Welt der Mode beheimatet sind, erzählen den Hosts – Caiza und Sebi – in freundschaftlicher Atmosphäre, was sie aktuell bewegt, warum früher alles besser war, oder warum eben nicht. Dabei geht es nicht um wilde Flexereien wie "Ich habe mir bei StockX den Kaws x Supreme Box Logo Hoody gekauft und kombiniere ihn mit meinem Yeezy Boost – dafür sind wir mit Mitte 20 bzw. Anfang 30 auch zu alt. Es geht eher um die Menschen hinter ...