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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Black Dandyism: a Cultural History, an interview with Monica L. Miller, Part II

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In part two of this two part series, we continue to explore the history of the black dandy into the 20th and 21st centuries with Monica L. Miller, author of the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Cass to say that you and I are obsessed with collecting fashion history books is of course a bit of an understatement and

0:07.0

Today we want to share with our listeners the very cool Cat Walk series of books by Yale University Press. a very

0:15.0

cat walk series of books by Yale University Press. Yes, and each volume is a comprehensive look

0:18.0

at the catwalk photography from each collection

0:21.0

and every runway show by the designer featured. So we're talking about

0:25.6

more than 1,000 stunningly beautiful photographs in each book.

0:30.0

The series includes books on Chanel, Chloe, Dior, Louis Vuitton,

0:35.0

Eissant Laurent, Prada, Versace, and Vivian Westwood,

0:39.4

which of course we have already had author Alexandra Fury on the show to discuss and we are so

0:45.6

pleased to announce that the newest addition to this series en jivenshi is out now.

0:49.8

Any of the nine Catwalk titles make the perfect holiday get or gift for the fashion lovers on your list and dress listeners can get an exclusive 25% off any of the volumes in the Cat Walk series by going to Yale Books.com and using the code Dreyf. the Just use the code dressed 25 at checkout to get 25% off and free shipping on

1:16.7

orders of any of the catwalk titles. Don't miss out on this limited time offer. There's over 7 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Every day, we all get dressed.

1:47.0

Welcome to Dressed, The History of Fashion, a podcast where we explore the who what

1:52.0

win of why we wear.

1:53.5

We are fashion historians and your host April Callahan

1:56.7

and Cassidy Zachary. Welcome to the show today.

2:00.6

Today is actually part two of a two-part interview with Monica L. Miller, author of

2:05.0

slaves to fashion, black dandyism, and the styling of black diasporic identity.

2:10.4

So definitely check out part one if you have not already.

2:13.2

Yeah, last week we learned about the Black Dandy's origins in the quote-unquote luxury slaves

2:19.6

of 18th century Europe and his exportation in the 1800s to America where the black dandy

2:25.6

simultaneously stood in opposition to and also fueled the rise of black-faced

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