Dress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing Up

Lucy Clayton
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Dress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing Up

A smart, playful and interrogative take on contemporary fashion and its context – weaving together sartorial and social history to tell powerful, surprising stories of identity. Hosted by Lucy Clayton together with a selection of special guests including designers, artists, writers, activists, academics and of course, the dresser uppers themselves, this show explores the way we dress in all its creative, sequinned and chaotic glory.

  1. 22/12/2023

    Behind the scenes at the Met for "Women Dressing Women", with conservator Melina Plottu (Christmas Special)

    In this episode we go behind the scenes at the Met for the Costume Institute’s new exhibition “Women Dressing Women” with curator Melina Plottu, textiles conservator, as our guide. Learn about the process of preparing garments for display and discover the secrets of this extraordinary role that plays such an important but often unseen part of fashion exhibitions at this scale. Links Visit our website Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Follow @melina.plottu on Instagram Book your ticket to the exhibition Conserving Gallenga’s Theodosia The book accompanying the exhibition

    55 min

  2. 08/12/2023

    The Lee Miller Story. With Ami Bouhassane, Robin Muir, Josephine Ross and Lucy Clayton

    In this episode we explore the life and work of iconic artist, Lee Miller, in anticipation of the new film starring Kate Winslet. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram The Lee Miller Archives Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain Leave us a review

    1h 5m

  3. 17/11/2023

    Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style

    Today’s episode takes us to the Museum of London – where the major contribution of Jewish designers in making London an iconic fashion city is recognised in a new exhibtion. Revealing the stories of Jewish fashion makers who became industry leaders, founded retail chains still familiar on the high street today, and dressed the rich and famous Told through textiles, oral histories, objects and photography this is a show where every stitch tells a story. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Follow @museumoflondon on Instagram Follow @luciewhitmorecurator on Instagram Follow @bkb23 on Instagram Leave us a review Book your ticket to the Fashion City exhibition Fashion City events programme

    46 min

  4. 03/11/2023

    Fashion & Propaganda with Amber Butchart and the Fashion & Textiles Museum

    This episode celebrates a new exhibition at the Fashion & Textiles Museum here in London: “The Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit” with curator, writer and broadcaster Amber Butchart. Discover how textiles have played a key role in the art of propaganda throughout the ages. Links Visit the exhibition Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Follow @amberbutchart on Instagram Follow @fashiontextilemuseum on Instagram Leave Dress: Fancy a review Dressed for War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties, by Julie Summers Musée de la Toile de Jouy

    59 min

  5. 20/10/2023

    Season of the Witch – Dress: Fancy Halloween special 2023, with Cathi Unsworth

    You can trust Lucy Clayton to take you to some dark places each Halloween but this year, we bring you the ultimate guide to Goth. Author Cathi Unsworth has written the definitive history of Goth and joins us to talk music, eyeliner and icons of this spookiest of genres. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Leave us a review Cathi Unsowrth Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth – Cathi’s book Season of the Witch - song by Julie Driscoll

    45 min

  6. 22/09/2023

    The Closet, with author Teo van den Broeke

    Lucy Clayton meets with Soho House's editorial director and former style director for British GQ and Esquire, Teo van den Broke to discuss his debut book - a memoir about self discovery and finding yourself through fashion. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Follow @teovandenbroeke on Instagram Leave us a review The Closet – Teo’s book

    33 min

  7. 25/08/2023

    Dressing Barbie: the Movie Debrief, with Carol Spencer

    As promised! Following our interview with Barbie designer Carol Spencer, author of “Dressing Barbie” host Lucy Clayton meets up with Carol once more, to discuss the Barbie Movie. This treat sized episode is a forensic and fabulous dissection of the costumes in all it’s pink and sparkly glory. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Follow @carolsdazzlenvintage on Instagram Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them Catch up on other previous episodes of our podcast Barbie – the Movie

    17 min

  8. 21/07/2023

    End of Season Message + Summer Holiday Things to Do & Read!

    Welcome to this end of season message from host Lucy Clayton. Full of recommendations for things to see and read over the summer. Please review the show. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram The Offbeat Sari Leighton House Guys & Dolls Regent’s Park Diva’s Exhibition Luminary Bakery Giffords Highly Desirable: Tales of London’s super-prime property from the Secret Agent Worn: A People's History of Clothing Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages The Very Hungry Caterpillar app

    7 min
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A smart, playful and interrogative take on contemporary fashion and its context – weaving together sartorial and social history to tell powerful, surprising stories of identity. Hosted by Lucy Clayton together with a selection of special guests including designers, artists, writers, activists, academics and of course, the dresser uppers themselves, this show explores the way we dress in all its creative, sequinned and chaotic glory.

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