WHat I wORE to work, an interview with Jo Weldon, part I (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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For this week's Dressed Classics episodes, Jo Weldon joins us for a two-part conversation from 2024 about her one-woman show, WHat I wORE to Work, which explores the "intersection of fashion, culture and sex work." From the brothels of Ancient Greece to Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, part I explores sex worker style throughout history and its centuries-long influence on high fashion. 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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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Neil.
0:01.0	And I'm Ken.
0:02.0	And we are from the Triviality Podcast, a pub trivia-style game show where a lack of seriousness
0:06.8	meets a little bit of knowledge.
0:08.9	Join us each week for an hour-long game of general knowledge trivia featuring special guests
0:13.3	from around the world, plus tons of extra themed episodes.
0:17.2	If you want to improve your trivia game, or you just want to scream at us in your car when we get easy questions wrong, then we're the show for you.
0:23.9	Find Triviality on all your favorite podcast apps.
0:26.7	But you know that, because you're already listening to a podcast.
0:30.9	With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.
0:35.4	Every day, we all get dressed.
0:40.0	Hello, I'm Cassidy. And I'm April,
0:44.8	and together we are fashion historians, friends, and co-hosts of Dressed, the History of Fashion,
0:50.5	a podcast about why the clothes we wear matter throughout history and around the world. From the cultural and societal to the personal and often political with each episode,
0:54.5	we explore the multitude of meanings quite literally sewn into the clothes we wear.
0:59.0	And we meet the mini-makers behind the seams, well and lesser known, responsible for their creation.
1:05.0	Please join us in unraveling the hidden histories residing in your closet for our new season launching May 6th.
1:12.0	With more than 575 episodes in our back catalog, our ninth season promises to be our best yet.
1:19.3	New episodes are available on Wednesdays on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to your favorite shows.
1:27.3	Dressed, The History of Fashion is a production of Dressed Media.
1:35.9	With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.
1:40.2	Every day, we all get dressed.
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