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So for 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 where we explore the who what when of why we wear.

We are fashion historians and your host, April Callahan.

And Cassidy Zachary.

So Millenar and Millenree are perhaps not jobs and job titles that we are familiar with in

today's day and age. I mean the profession is not quite as popular as it may have been in say

the pre 1960s era when leaving your house during the day without a hat would have just been

unthinkable. I mean it was so inextricably linked to one social standing and respectability.

But if anyone is going to remind us today about the effectiveness, the joy, and the sheer

artistry of a well placed hat, it is today's guest who has said quote, a hat makes clothing

identifiable dramatic and most importantly fashion. It's the cherry on the cake, the dot on the

eye, the exclamation mark, the fashion focus. Everyone from showgirls to dictators know that by

wearing a hat, they will be the center of attention. We are so pleased to welcome master millenar

Stephen Jones to the show today. Stephen is in arguably one of the most influential prolific and

celebrated milleners of the late 20th and 21st centuries. In 2010, in gratitude for his artistic

contributions, he was awarded the distinction of OBE becoming an officer of the order of the

British Empire. And with good reason, because since opening his first millenery salon in 1980,

Stephen's highly prized creations have been adored and admired the world over adorning the heads of

everyone from royalty to rock stars from Diana Princess of Wales to Mick Jagger to Lady Gaga and

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