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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Fashion History Mysteries: Polka Dots and Artificial Silk (Dressed Silk)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

Arts, History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we revisit two past Fashion History Mystery minisodes from the Dressed archive where we explored the fascinating origin stories of polka dots and artificial silk!  Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the AirWave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.6

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0:36.2

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0:39.3

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See it in seconds. Download the Experian app today. Dress listeners, Bonjour from Paris. Yes, we are currently

1:04.6

on our annual summer hiatus from the show as we conduct our summer fashion history tours of the

1:09.7

City of Lights. But worry not, we will be back in August with brand new content dedicated to all of the exciting fashion history exhibitions and other behind-the-scenes experiences we have encountered well here. Until then, please enjoy this episode from the Dressed Archive of over 500 past shows.

1:35.3

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

1:37.5

Every day, we all get dressed.

1:42.3

Welcome to Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast where we explore the who, what, when of why we wear.

1:44.0

We are fashion historians and your host, Cassidy Zachary.

1:47.3

And April Callahan.

1:49.2

And Cass, as our regular listeners will know,

1:52.7

our fashion history mystery minisodes,

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