The First Book of Fashion: 16th Century Fashion Blogging with Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, History, Arts

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

From 1520 to 1560, the style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad immortalized their adventures in dressing in a series of stunning, hand-painted portraits that provide a window into the period within which they lived. In this 2023 episode, historians Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward join us to discuss this extraordinary primary source which was published in full color in the The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg. 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	Steve Cubine and Nan McNamara's podcast from Beneath the Hollywood Sign.
0:04.4	I pulls out a box and gives McAllister a ring saying, here's something to remember me by.
0:09.8	Daryl Zannock hit the roof.
0:12.4	Mary Astor has been keeping a diary.
0:15.0	This torrid affair with George S. Kaufman is chronicled on a daily basis.
0:19.6	Talking about the actors and actresses who won an Oscar on their very first film.
0:24.8	Get your fix of old Hollywood on the podcast from Beneath the Hollywood Sign.
0:32.5	Please enjoy one of our favorite episodes from the Dressed Archive of over 500 plus shows.
0:37.9	Dressed, the history of fashion, we all have one thing in common.
1:03.8	Every day, we all get dressed.
1:06.0	Welcome to Dress, the history of fashion, a podcast that explores the who but when of why we wear.
1:12.5	We are fashion historians and your host, April Callahan and Cassidy Zachary.
1:19.1	Dress listeners, today we bring you an episode that has been years in the making
1:23.4	about a very special 16th century book of fashion that both April and I happen to have in our
1:29.7	personal collections. Yes, or maybe we should specifically say that we have a copy of this
1:37.0	book of fashion, which is entitled the first book of fashion and subtitled the book of clothes by Mateos and
1:46.6	Fight Conrad Schwartz of Osberg. And that is because this has to be one of the most gobb-smackingly
1:53.1	beautiful primary sources in the history of European fashion April. I'm sure you agree with me.
1:58.6	It's insane. So where today a fashion influencer can take a
2:02.8	photograph and instantly post it to social media, this was not a luxury afforded to say a well-to-do
2:09.1	fashion conscious accountant by the name of Mateus Schwartz in 16th century Renaissance era Germany.
2:16.5	As a member of the mercantile elite, fashion was
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