Dress? The history of fashion is a production of iHeart Radio.

With over 7 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

Every day, we all get dressed. Welcome to Dress, the history of fashion,

a podcast that explores the who, what, when, of why we wear.

We are fashion historians and your hosts, Cassidy Zachary.

And April Callahan. Cass, the subject of today's podcast, has remarked the following, quote,

style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag.

It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world and emotion.

And that very beautiful sentiment is from a very beautiful human.

One of contemporary fashions most beloved figures, Albert Elbas.

Oh yeah, and Albert is universally adored, both professionally and personally, both by yourself

and myself. You know, and we were all so saddened and joined the fashion world in

mourning the loss of one of the greats. Albert unexpectedly died last year in April,

from COVID, what a loss. And to say that fashion communities were both stunned and saddened

is really an understatement. But Elbas, as we will learn shortly, would not have wanted his death

to be mourned, rather he wanted his life to be celebrated. And this is exactly what is happening

currently at the Design Museum, Hallone in Israel. This week, we are joined by fashion historian

Yara Kedar, who curated the exhibition, Albert Elbas Dream Factory, which is now on view

through February of next year, 2023. Spanning the entire museum, this is an incredible look

into Elbas' life and work. And we are so, so pleased to welcome Yara to the show. Yara,

thank you so much for joining us on Dressed. Yara, a bit of a overdue welcome to Dressed.

Thank you so much for having me.

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