Dress the history of fashion as a production of iHeartRadio.

Over 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 went of why we were.

We are fashion historians and your hosts, April Callahan.

And Cassidy Zachary.

So in May 1848, Gaudy's ladies book advised his readers, quote,

in order to obtain a good picture, it is necessary to go to a daguerreotypeist,

who has the eye and taste of an artist, or who employs such a person in his establishment.

And it is also necessary to dress in colors that do not reflect too much light.

For a lady, a good dress is of some dark or figured material, white, pink, or light.

Blue must be avoided.

Lacework or a scarf or shawl sometimes adds much to the beauty of the picture.

A gentleman should wear a dark vest in cravat.

And for children, a plaid or dark striped or figured dress is preferred by most daguerreotypes.

Light dresses are in all cases to be avoided, in quote.

And in today's digital cell phone age, it's almost hard to remember a time when we didn't have

instant photography capabilities at our very own fingertips.

But in the mid 19th century, people were entirely reliant on a professional

photographer's talent to capture their family photos.

And at the time of this article that Cassidy just quoted from,

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