Dress the history of fashion is a production of I Heart Radio.

For seven billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

Every day, we all get dressed. Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion,

a podcast where we explore the who-what-win of why we wear.

This is Cassidy Zachary, fashion historian and your only host for today's episode as my

co-host, April Callahan, is on a break. So today's guest is Liz Goldwyn.

And if that name sounds familiar to all you Hollywood film buffs, it's because Liz is actually

Hollywood royalty. Her grandfather was Samuel Goldwyn, but Liz is so much more than the

relation of a Hollywood pioneer. She has made quite the name for herself as an author,

filmmaker, vintage collector, and fellow podcaster. She is the founder of the Sex Ed, an educational

platform and podcast dedicated to sex, health, and consciousness in the digital age.

She is also the writer and director of the 2005 HBO documentary Pretty Things,

and the following book of the same name Pretty Things, the last generation of American

burlesque queens. And that just happens to be the topic of today's episode, which is part one

of a two-part conversation with Liz. Liz dedicated eight years to documenting the incredible

stories of these trailblazing women from the mid-century golden age of American burlesque,

many of whom she formed intimate relationships with. And this just enhances her work in so many

meaningful ways. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this book and Liz's work.

This book not only documents these women's experiences, but Liz does an incredible job

contextualizing their lives and legacies within the larger history of the art from a burlesque.

Liz also introduces us to many of the designers behind their stage costumes, all of which we will

discuss today. You're not going to want to miss today's conversation. Because while today

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