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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Fashion History Mystery #40: What's a Dickie? (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Your great-grandmother enjoyed a dickie. Join us in our exploration of a wildly popular garment, now lost to fashion history. 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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1:03.9

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1:12.2

With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

1:16.5

Every day, we all get dressed.

1:19.0

Welcome to Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what

1:23.3

win of why we wear.

1:25.0

We are friends, fashion historians, and your host Cassie Zachary and April

1:29.8

Callahan.

1:34.4

Cass, I have a question for you. It's a very personal question. Did your grandmother ever tell you

1:40.8

about the very first time she got a dicky?

1:52.4

For those of you so inclined, please get your mind out of the gutter because we assure you this episode is safe for work and your kids in the car because today's fashion history mystery

1:57.6

is not about what many of our collective grandmas referred to as necking, but it's about neckwear.

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