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So 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, Andrew Hose, April Callahan, and Cassidy Zachary.

Hello dress listeners! So for the past five seasons and almost five years, April and I have

been bringing you a wide range of stories exploring and celebrating the significance of clothing

from throughout history and around the world. We are currently on hiatus,

researching a way for a brand new season of dress. Season six will launch on January 17th, 2023.

And until then, we want to share with you some of our favorite dressed classic episodes from

the archive of almost 400 past episodes. Enjoy!

So the Academy Awards dates back all the way to the 1920s, but the first films were

being made as far back as the 1890s. So the movie is being produced for over 120 years.

I think we should probably preface this episode by saying this is only intended as an overview

of a very huge topic, like ginormous topic. It's so big that we've chosen to focus almost entirely

on the relationship between fashion as it relates to American Hollywood films.

For the most part, I mean, there will be a few exceptions. And even by narrowing our discussion,

there are still so many fascinating stories and players involved with this subject

that it is impossible to cover them all in one episode. And that is why we are bringing you too.

Yes, and as you said, Cassis is a huge topic and there are many different angles which we could

look at in the intersections of fashion and film historically. Of course, the most obvious one is

the depiction of fashion in film. And that is fashionable clothing as costume worn by characters

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