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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Vivienne Westwood, an interview with Alexander Fury, part 1

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In late December 2022, fashion lost one of its greats. In part one of this two-part episode, Alexander Fury joins us to explore the life and career of Vivienne Westwood from her early years as a kindergarten teacher in the 1960s to her surprising about-face to become one of the defining creative voices in the UK punk scene during the 1970s. RECOMMENDED READING: Fury, Alexander. Vivienne Westwood: Catwalk. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dress, the history of fashion, is the production of iHeartRadio.

0:23.1

So for 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

0:27.0

Every day, we all get dressed.

0:29.1

Welcome to Dress, the history of fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what-win of why we wear.

0:35.2

We are fashion historians and your hosts, Cassidy Zachary.

0:39.2

And April Callahan. Dress listeners, we are back!

0:43.4

Hello!

0:44.0

And did you miss us?

0:46.1

We missed you.

0:48.0

We have, of course, been on our annual hiatus over the holidays.

0:52.0

And today marks our debut episode of Season 6 of Dress.

0:56.3

It also, I don't know if you know Dress listeners, marks a little switch up in the opening intro,

1:01.6

which many of you have heard say, I mean, hundreds of times over the last five years.

1:07.6

April, we have known this day was coming very soon.

1:11.2

The day when we would have to update our introduction from mentioning the 7 billion people in the

1:16.3

world to 8 billion people, because friends, this is the state of the world now.

1:22.8

Yes, a few months ago, I think it was maybe, like, right before Thanksgiving, Cass,

1:26.8

you actually texted me and you were like, well, it's time.

1:30.0

And I laughed out loud, because I knew immediately what you were talking about,

1:33.8

because like, three other people had already messaged me that day,

1:36.6

being like, well, you're going to have to update your introduction to the show now.

1:40.1

So here we are, starting Season 6, a new.

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