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Season 8

Dress: Spooky
Oct. 23, 2020

Dress: Spooky

A Dress: Fancy Halloween Special

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Dressing Up In Art
Aug. 14, 2020

Dressing Up In Art

An interview with artist Volker Hermes

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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Aug. 7, 2020

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Surrealist balls

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You Crazy Fool
July 31, 2020

You Crazy Fool

The Harlequin and Pierrot in Laughter and Life

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The Chiffon Trenches
July 24, 2020

The Chiffon Trenches

A Review of Andre Leon Talley’s Memoir

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Masqued Realities
July 17, 2020

Masqued Realities

The Stuart Court Masque

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Vive la Révolution: Make-up Gets Ugly
July 10, 2020

Vive la Révolution: Make-up Gets Ugly

In this week’s episode, Ben and Lucy are taking their diamanté magnifying glass to the face itself, and thinking about a new fashion coinage: Ugly Make-up, or Brutalist Make-up. Reflecting on the origins and motivations of this creative,...

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Black Portraiture & the Getty Museum Challenge
July 3, 2020

Black Portraiture & the Getty Museum Challenge

interview with Peter Brathwaite

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DRESS:FANCY

DRESS:FANCY is a podcast about dressing up.

Join us for a fashion history lesson, fired from a confetti cannon.

It’s about ordinary people in extraordinary outfits. Not on stage or screen but in real life; weaving together sartorial and social history to tell powerful, surprising stories of identity.

Hosted by author Lucy Clayton together with a selection of special guests from designers, artists, experts, writers, activists and of course, the dresser uppers themselves. This show explores the way we dress, in all its creative, sequinned, and chaotic glory.

From plague masks to plastic tiaras, kitchen table to couture salon, ballroom to battlefield, our listeners are transported to moments in time where the clothes tell the story. Did you know that Drag played an important role in Prisoner of War camps? Who wore what to “The Party of the Century”? What possessed that guy to dress as a budget Viking when he stormed the Capitol? And why are lots of people deciding to live as mermaids in 2021?

Embracing eccentricity and tackling marginalised, beautifully bonkers themes DRESS:FANCY is intellectually curious, playful and tender. Often raucous and always relevant, each episode explores a new theme from ancient to contemporary.

And look out for our bonus episodes "Dressing Up With..." where we showcase an individual's unique perspective on fashioning their sense of self.

Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram to see the images that accompany each conversation.

Join us and our amazing community of listeners each season for some costume drama!

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