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For 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 where we explore the who, what, when, of why we wear.

We are fashion historians and your host, April Callahan.

And Cassidy Zachary.

Hello Dress listeners.

Today we are joined by a very special guest

and we must say, follow FIT alum, Cass.

Our guest today is Jessica Pusher.

And correct me if I'm wrong, Cass,

but I believe Jessica is the first collections manager

that we have ever had on the show.

And something that you yourself have dabbled in a little bit, right?

Yes, so one of my very first jobs at a grad school was managing

a 10,000 piece dress and textile collections

with pieces from throughout history and around the world.

And I think we've talked about it a couple times on the show.

But it's nothing compared to the collection Jessica overseas.

She is the collections manager for the Chicago History Museum

for their dress and fashion collection.

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