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Fashion History

In the Media

Wearing White Before Memorial Day?

Make sure you listen to my WGBH-News radio commentary!

Is Fashion Political?

My commentary on NPR's "On the Media"

Public Speaking

All About the 1990s!

February 2020 at WGBH: Fashion Gets a Conscience


How visionary apparel companies, organizations, and designers introduced green and ethical fashion, organic fabric, upcycling, and zero waste.


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All About the 1980s!

February 2019 at WGBH: Fashioning Your Personal Truth


How four budding fashion and social movements -- hiphop, preppie, punk, and gay culture -- flowered in that decade and how they've led fashion and culture ever since.


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Exhibitions

All Fashion History Gallery Talks

and Exhibitions

Vintage illustration of standing man.

Fashion Plates, 1795-1920: Boston Public Library Rare Books Room

Four-panel grid of diverse portraits.

Teaching

Global Heritage of 20th-Century Fashion and Art


Class Topics @The New Pantheon on Instagram

My Illustrated Fashion Histories, 2011-Present

Ornate historical gown and text.

Divas à la Mode!

Cool Hunting: Cleopatra to Afropunk

Tiaras and Social Change

Divas à la Mode!

Tiaras and Social Change illustration.

Tiaras and Social Change

Cool Hunting: Cleopatra to Afropunk

Tiaras and Social Change

The Long and Fabulous History of the Queen of Accessories

Whimsical drawing of two girls.

Cool Hunting: Cleopatra to Afropunk

Cool Hunting: Cleopatra to Afropunk

Cool Hunting: Cleopatra to Afropunk

An Illustrated Fashion History

(2017)

White dress singer line drawing.

Aretha's Fashion History, 1961-1971

Aretha's Fashion History, 1961-1971

Aretha's Fashion History, 1961-1971

Aretha's Fashion History,

1961-1971

Pink-faced woman in black hat.

Everyday Fabulous

Aretha's Fashion History, 1961-1971

Aretha's Fashion History, 1961-1971

Everyday Fabulous

Style for All

    Why Fashion, Invented by Kings, Now Belongs to All of Us


    (Lulu Press, 2011) (Out of print)


    Reviews

    Fashion History Print Pundit and Style Writing

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