Welcome to the sixth episode of the A Most Beguiling Accomplishment podcast! In this episode, I'm talking about the changes in making clothes over the Middle Ages that led to the development of tailoring.
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AMBA: Candace Wheeler: the Mother of American Interior Design
What's that? A podcast?? Yes! This episode is based on one of my first blog posts, Candace Wheeler: the Mother of American Interior Design.
AMBA: Folk Dress and Fashion
Episode four of the podcast is live! This time I'm discussing the history of regional dress in Europe, "national costume" schemes, and where most modern folk dress traditions come from. I will be posting an illustrated, written version of the episode here - but not very very soon, because I'll be going off this weekend … Continue reading AMBA: Folk Dress and Fashion
AMBA: The Recent History of Mourning
This episode took me forever to write. I was originally going to start with a blog post I wrote a few years ago, relying on primary sources on mourning from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Then, as I started to go through it, I started to reinterpret a number of the primary sources, … Continue reading AMBA: The Recent History of Mourning
AMBA: What is Fashion History?
The latest episode of the A Most Beguiling Accomplishment podcast is out! As promised, it discusses the methodologies of fashion history and #PocketGate. Corset, 1860-1870; Philadelphia Museum of Art 1947-53-17 What does a corset have to do with the history of pockets? You'll have to listen to find out! Remember, patrons of my Patreon get to suggest … Continue reading AMBA: What is Fashion History?
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