The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part II (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week's Dressed Classic episodes revisit a 2021 two-part interview with Ilise S. Carter joined us to discuss her book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, which uses lipstick as a lens to examine the hopes, dreams and anxieties of American society. 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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0:45.3	Please enjoy one of our favorite episodes
0:47.1	from the Dressed Archive of over 500 plus shows.
0:50.6	Dress, the history of fashion,
0:51.9	is a production of Dress Media.
0:58.8	Music Dress, The History of Fashion is a production of Dress Media. With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.
1:03.2	Every day, we all get dressed.
1:05.7	Welcome to Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what win of why we wear.
1:11.7	We are friends, fashion historians, and your host, Cassie Zachary, and April Callahan.
1:19.2	Listeners, welcome back, and I say back because this is part two of our two-part episode with
1:25.3	Elise S. Carter, who joined us on Tuesday to discuss her book,
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