Dress The History of Fashion is a production of I Heart Radio.

Every 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-where.

We are fashion historians and your hosts, April Callahan and Cassidy Zachary.

Oh, oh, day, every day, I yearn for you.

I hope I pray that you'll love me to my honeydew.

I've crossed the ocean blue for my baby honeydew.

Honeydew, I'm mine. Honeydew, I'm mine.

So, Dress listeners, that joyful opening music is entitled Honeydew.

And that was the very first song today's guest ever wrote.

And we are so pleased to welcome band leader, vintage officianado, and style activist, Dandy Wellington, to the show.

I'm so excited to welcome Dandy to the show today.

I have to say that I've been following Dandy's work and admiring his, you know, stellar, singular style for a while.

But I had the pleasure of meeting him virtually at the very start of this pandemic, so a year ago.

And I'm so pleased to say that we've become friends now.

So, yeah, extra, extra welcome today, Dandy.

And I know that after today's episode, Dress listeners, you will join me in saying that his philosophy about an approach to vintage dressing is truly an inspiration.

So, Dandy, welcome to the show.

Dandy, it is such a pleasure to have you here. Welcome to Dress.

Thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure to be here.

And for yourself, vintage is not a hobby or a passion project. It is a lifestyle.

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