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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Fashion Oracle: Trend Forecasting to Paper Dolls with David Wolfe (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

Arts, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, History

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this 2022 episode, we talked to David Wolfe (1941-2023) about his sixty plus year career in fashion working as a groundbreaking trend forecaster, fashion illustrator, and paper doll artist. More David Wolfe: David's paper doll work   David's interview on The Decorder Ring podcast Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠classes⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠bookshelf⁠⁠⁠ with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Please enjoy one of our favorite episodes from The Dressed Archive of over 500 plus shows.

0:09.0

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

0:27.7

Every day, we all get dressed.

0:29.7

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

0:35.9

We are fashion historians and your host, April Callahan.

0:39.0

And Cassidy Zachary. Well, dressed listeners, today's guest, David Wolfe has been called,

0:45.2

quote, a true force in the industry, one of the fashion industry's most authoritative sharpshooters,

0:51.3

and the Oracle on fashion trends.

0:55.5

I love that.

0:56.7

I love that so much.

0:57.2

It's so great.

0:58.4

It's very charming.

0:59.2

So all of these quotes are referencing the almost five-decade-long reign of today's

1:04.5

guests as one of the world's leading fashion trend forecasters.

1:08.9

This is actually a profession in April that we have not delved into

1:11.8

on the show at all in all of our seasons. So we are very excited to talk to David today and learn more

1:16.9

about it. And David is a man of many, many hats, many of which he wore all at the same time.

1:24.2

He was also a magazine editor and an internationally sought after fashion illustrator.

1:29.9

And today, he is an acclaimed paper doll artist specializing and recreating that Oat,

1:35.2

Hollywood glam of our favorite stars from cinematic history. Needless to say, his career has

1:40.3

quite the trajectory. And we are so pleased to welcome David to the show to discuss his

1:45.2

60-year career in fashion. David, thank you so much for joining us. David, welcome to dressed.

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