The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes

Invisibilia

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🗓️ 22 July 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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We know about the power of clothes to affect how others see us. But does clothing have the power to actually change us on the inside? To boost our intellectual skills or melt our fear? Co-hosts Hanna Rosin and Lulu Miller, along with new contributors, explore the invisible ways clothes can seep into our skin and change us in surprising ways. This hour, stories about a guy who uses sunglasses to fight off bullies, the science of how wearing a doctor's coat can make you smarter, a tailor who may or may not have survived the Holocaust by wearing a Nazi officer's shirt, a family for whom what outfit to wear is a life or death decision, and why shoes may be the root of all human evil. Maybe.

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0:00.0	Let's begin on October 31st.
0:02.2	Halloween!
0:05.2	Happy Halloween!
0:08.4	The sun goes down and all the kids in the neighborhood go into a temporary spell.
0:12.4	What are you?
0:13.4	Here we are.
0:14.4	I'm Chikotry!
0:15.9	And it's not just that they are dressed different.
0:17.8	I'm wearing a butterfly.
0:19.8	I'm wearing a mask.
0:21.0	I did this by the way.
0:22.8	But under their masks and capes and butterfly wings, if you ask them, they will tell you that they feel different.
0:29.5	It makes me feel happy.
0:32.2	Like these costumes, give them powers they didn't have that morning.
0:35.8	Like the power to fly.
0:37.2	Are you afraid of going on an airplane?
0:39.7	Sometimes.
0:41.5	This is a year old franny.
0:43.0	I talked to her while she was getting ready to trick a treat.
0:45.8	She says that usually when she's in her regular franny clothes, the idea of getting on an airplane
0:50.2	makes her really nervous.
0:53.8	The few times she's been on an airplane, she really needs her mom's help.
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