Dress, the history of fashion, is a production of iHeartRadio.

With 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 that explores the who, what,

when, of why we wear.

We are fashion historians and your host, Cassidy Zachary.

And April Kelleyant.

All right, Cass, I'm just going to throw some names out there at you.

Missy Elliott, Will Smith, Bustin Rhymes, Foxy Brown, P Diddy,

the notorious B.I.G. Mary J. Blyde, Farrell Williams, and Jay-Z.

So aside from being artists working in the genre of rapper hip hop, what do all of these artists

have in common? Well, it happens that many of their looks that you know and love have been the

creative vision of today's guest. Yes, today we are so excited to be joined by the one and only

June Ambrose, who for more than 20 years now has been shaping the future of fashion

behind the scenes, designing and styling more than 200 music videos.

June's creative vision brought sportswear to luxury.

And it can be argued that she planted the seeds for contemporary sneaker culture in industry

that in 2020 was valued at, you know, just a small amount, 79 billion dollars.

Yeah, a cool 79 billion dollar idea to bring kicks into the world of high fashion.

And about their 20 plus year working relationship and friendship, Jay-Z has said, quote,

there are very few people that indisputably shift culture. And that is something that June has

done for over 25 years. Her pure energy and spirit come to life through her fashion and

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