Dressed Classic: Cashmere with a "K": The Controversial History of a Shawl
Dressed: The History of Fashion
Dressed Media
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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We revisit our episode on the complex and controversial history of the nineteenth century fashion trend for "cashmere" shawls. The highly coveted luxury goods were original to the Kashmir region, created by master weavers and artisans who continue their craft to this very day.
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| 0:00.0 | Dress, the history of fashion, is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 0:23.0 | Over 7 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. |
| 0:27.0 | Every day, we all get dressed. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to Dress, the history of fashion. |
| 0:31.0 | A podcast where we explore the who-at-when of Why We Wear. |
| 0:35.0 | We are fashion historians and your hosts, April Callahan. |
| 0:38.0 | And Cassidy Zachary. |
| 0:40.0 | Dress listeners, as you may well already know, |
| 0:43.0 | I'm embarking on maternity leave for the next month. |
| 0:47.0 | Congratulations, Cass. |
| 0:50.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:51.0 | And just so our Dress listeners know when Cass first told me that she was pregnant, |
| 0:55.0 | I just started calling the baby, baby Paray. |
| 0:58.0 | Because I'm a huge dork. |
| 1:01.0 | But I think Cass, after Baby Arrives, we'll probably announce it on the show |
| 1:06.0 | as to what our name actually is, which is not Paray. |
| 1:10.0 | Yes, exactly. |
| 1:11.0 | And of course, we're pre-recording these episodes, |
| 1:14.0 | so he has not yet made his arrival in this world. |
| 1:17.0 | But if you're hearing this episode, hopefully he has arrived. |
| 1:21.0 | So needless to say, we are going to be alternating new episodes |
| 1:25.0 | with some of our favorites from the Dress archival wardrobe, |
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