fashion history

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  5/1/2023
  

  Thomas Jefferson Would be Following the Met Gala

  by Camille Davis

  Finely attuned to the symbolic politics of fashion as the president of a young, republican nation, Thomas Jefferson probably had more in common with Karl Lagerfeld than you think. 

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• SOURCE: Penguin
  3/21/2023
  

  Kate Strasdin Breaks Down Authenticity on Bridgerton and other Costume Dramas

  A fashion historian examines the accuracy of costuming and other design elements of historical dramas like "Bridgerton." 

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• SOURCE: Contingent
  12/19/2022
  

  The Clue in the Old Lace: Nancy Drew and Fashion History

  by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

  "Fashion history is rarely as straightforward as Nancy Drew led me to believe, or as perilous."

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6/4/2020
  

  How Lavender Became a Symbol of LGBTQ Resistance

  Historians David K. Johnston and Kassia St. Clair comment on the social and technological changes that helped make the color a secret, then open, political symbol. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  May 2020
  

  The History of the Hawaiian Shirt

  From kitsch to cool, ride the waves of undulating popularity of a tropical fashion statement.

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• SOURCE: CapRadio
  4/19/2020
  

  How The Coronavirus Could Shape Fashion Choices

  Have you been wearing sweatpants everyday? Listen to fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell discuss how the coronavirus may impact people's style choices. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/26/2020
  

  The Fashionable History of Social Distancing

  by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

  Historian Einav Rabinovitch-Fox discusses how clothing has promoted social distancing since the bubonic plague.