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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Marie Antoinette Style, an interview with Dr. Sarah Grant

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

Arts, History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week we cinch our corsets and plump our panniers with an inside look into the Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition Marie Antoinette Style. Curator Dr. Sarah Grant joins us to speak about her exhibition examines The Queen of Fashion's enduring influence on fashion then and now. Rare examples of Marie Antoinette's personal belongings are featured alongside supreme examples of 18th century fashion, accessories and the decorative arts, while more contemporary pieces evidence designer's centuries long obsession with the former French queen. Recommended reading: Grant, Sarah, ed. Marie Antoinette Style. London: V&A Publishing, 2025. 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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0:00.0

Dress listeners, you've heard me say it time and time again on the show that while I love studying

0:05.9

all things beauty and makeup history, I'm not in fact the biggest wearer of makeup. And I've always

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1:02.1

In a time when the United States military is being sent into American cities, when civilians

1:07.8

and soldiers are being pitted against each other, it's strange that we've never dressed more alike.

1:14.8

We all wear performance clothes.

1:17.0

We all wear outdoor clothes, whether or not we're outside, civilians and soldiers.

1:23.1

I'm Avery Truffleman.

1:24.2

I make a podcast about clothing called Articles of Interest.

1:27.0

And in this new season, I trace the interwoven histories of the military and the outdoor industry and how they built each other. Find articles of interest wherever you get your podcasts. And the season is called Gear.

1:40.2

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

1:52.4

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

1:54.4

Every day, we all get dressed.

2:02.1

Welcome to Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what win of why we wear. We are friends,

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