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We will be back with season eight and all new dress content in February 2025.

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Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what win of why we wear. We are fashion historians

and your hosts, Cassidy Zachary. And April Callahan. Okay, today, Cass, if you'll permit me,

I would like to start out reading a little bit from a police constable's notebook from September of 1888.

Ooh.

Yes.

And this details the personal items found on the body of a 43-year-old female victim of a crime,

which took place in London's White Chapel neighborhood.

These are the items that were found on her person.

Quote, one white handle table knife and one metal teaspoon.

A red leather cigarette case with white metal fittings.

One tin matchbox empty.

Two short clay pipes black.

One small tooth comb.

One red piece of red flannel containing pins and needles, a ball of hemp,

one tin box containing tea, one ditto ditto of sugar, one piece of flannel and six pieces of soap,

two small ticking bags, 12 pieces of white rag, one cotton pocket handkerchief, red and white bird's eye border, one large

white handkerchief, one piece of white coarse linen, and one piece of old white apron,

and no money whatsoever on her.

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