Royal Vintage Shoes was founded in 2015 by Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox and produces vintage style shoes inspired by the 1920s, 30s, & 40s. In this episode, Jasmine talks to Lauren Stowell, about the brand and how they re-create classic shoes from the past for the 21st century costumer.
Read MoreRacked invited Unravel into their offices to talk to senior editor, Meredith Haggerty and associate producer of the History Of, Rebecca Jennings.
Read MoreHappy Halloween! This is our annual Halloween Extravaganza episode, and this year, it is extravagant. Jasmine, Dana and Joy discuss the costuming and historical context for three of their favorite Witchy Halloween movies: The Witch (2015), The Craft (1996) and Hocus Pocus (1993)!
Read MoreWelcome to another episode from our Costume Society of America 2017 series. Joy interviews Jenna Kuttruff, Ph.D. Department Head and Professor of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising at Louisiana State University about her presentation: “The Burial Cap of a Mid-Nineteenth Century African American Woman from Queens.”
Read MoreDana and Jasmine interview Regan Loggans about the museum education programs she organized for the Native Fashion Now exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
Read MoreWelcome to the second episode in the Unravel Roundtable Series. In this episode Dana and Jasmine talk to academic activist Regan Loggans about the history of cultural appropriation in fashion. Together they define appropriation and go all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome to cover a range of appropriation cases in fashion into the present.
Read MoreThis week features the curators and conservator behind the exhibition: Fashioning the Women of Weeksville, currently at The Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, New York. The show is a rare opportunity to see the material culture of the African American women who lived in Weeksville in the nineteenth and twentieth-century.
Read MoreJoy and Dana interview professors Chanjuan Chen and Kendra Lapolla about their presentation "Pregnancy Chic: Fast Fashion Influences on Consumer Acquisition and Disposal of Maternity Wear."
Read MoreDana talks to the curator of Native Fashion Now Karen Kramer
Read MoreHi Unravelers! We will be taking a posting break for the summer. Episodes will resume on July 31.
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