Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration with Isabella Rosner, Part I (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

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History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

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🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Embroidery historian Isabella Rosner joined us in 2024 to discuss her book/zine Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarcerationwhich explores the embroidery made in prisons and mental health hospitals through the surviving works of twelve individuals who are a testament to the triumphs and sorrows of the human spirit and a reminder of "what can be created when freedom is out of reach." 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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1:36.4	and Cassidy Zachary. Dress listeners, incarceration is perhaps not the first thing that comes to mind when we think of the art form of embroidery, but that is exactly what we are here to
1:41.0	talk about today. Because while we have certainly explored embroidery's
1:44.6	significance as part of the artistic practices of a myriad of cultures around the globe and
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