Dress the History of Fashion is a production of Dressed Media.

With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

Every day, we all get dressed.

Welcome to Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast where we explore the who, what, when of why we wear. We are fashion historians

and your host, April Callahan and Cassidy Zachary. Dress listeners, we've talked about this

many times on the podcast, but there really is no one clear path to fashion history or one

profession that encapsulates it. April came to

fashion history through her work as an art gallerist, me through my work as a costumer in film

and television, and past dress guests include everyone from historians, artists, academics, fashion

designers, journalists, sewists, photographers, historical costumers, and historical interpreters.

And historical costuming and interpretation are just two of the many stylish hats or bonnets,

maybe we should say worn by today's guest, Annalisei Mack, who joins us to talk about

her multifaceted career as a living historian, educator, seamstress, Weaver, and also founder of

the popular blog and Instagram account, the Sophisticit, so that's S-E-W.

And, you know, it's one thing to read about fashion history, but it's this whole other entire

thing to live fashion history. So we are so excited to

learn more about Annalisei's fascinating work. Annalisei, welcome to the show. Annalisei, welcome to dress.

It's such a pleasure to talk to you today. Thank you so much for having me. It is an honor to be

here with you. First of all, I just want to say

congratulations on your 10-year anniversary of the Young Sophisticate, which is now the

sophisticate. Thank you, thank you. And congratulations on reaching 500 recently. Oh, thank you. Yes,

so many accomplishments. It's amazing how time flies, right? It just really is. So I'd love to hear a little bit

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