Dress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing Up – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode we go behind the scenes at the Met for the Costume Institute’s new exhibition “Women Dressing Women” with curator Melina Plottu, textiles conservator, as our guide. Learn about the process of preparing garments for display and discover the secrets of this extraordinary role that plays such an important but often unseen part of fashion exhibitions at this scale.

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• Conserving Gallenga’s Theodosia
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In this episode we explore the life and work of iconic artist, Lee Miller, in anticipation of the new film starring Kate Winslet.

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Join host Lucy Clayton and curators Polly Putnam and Claudia Acott Williams on a grand day out at Kensington Palace. This is Part Two of a two part special, recorded after the curator tour of the exhibition itself. If you’ve ever wondered how an exhibition of this scale is put together, or what the role of a curator comprises - this episode reveals all.

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• Crown to Couture: The Fashion Show of the Centuries
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Join host Lucy Clayton and curators Polly Putnam and Claudia Acott Williams on a grand day out at Kensington Palace - for a behind the scenes tour of the new Crown To Couture exhibition. This is Part One of a two part special.

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On DRESS:FANCY podcast we love nothing more than a shameless rummage around in a celebrity wardrobe. And there is no one we’d rather do it with than author Terry Newman, who’s forensic knowledge of who wore what and when and why is world class. Her latest book, Rihanna and the Clothes She Wears is an encyclopaedic look at a style icon who’s versatility and flair makes her one of the fashion industry’s most loved practitioners – she is both artist and muse.  Join us as we rifle through Rihanna’s extremely well-appointed closet.

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• Rihanna and the Clothes She Wears – Terry’s new book

On the latest episode of Dress: Fancy, Lucy Clayton uncovers the secrets from a Victorian woman’s wardrobe with author Kate Strasdin and her enchanting new book The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes. This extraordinary fashion scrapbook contains thousand of swatches of fabric, which together tell the story of female friendship, industry and empire, art and commerce. This is Victorian life not as you know it but in vivid, glorious and complicated technicolour. You can see the images that accompany every conversation on our Instagram @dressfancypodcast

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• 16 Stunning Victorian Textiles From The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes

In advance of the eagerly anticipated Shondaland spinoff series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” (Netflix, 4th May), Lucy Clayton takes a look at the real-life story behind one of television’s most compelling characters. Guest Catherine Curzon, author of a gorgeous new biography, joins us to discuss the scandals, fashions and kangaroos of Charlotte’s court. A must listen for Bridgerton fans everywhere.

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Lucy Clayton interviews Robin Muir & Josephine Ross, authors of “The Crown in Vogue) – join us as we rifle through the Vogue archive of a century’s worth of Royal Reporting. From Coronations, Weddings, Jubilees, Abdications, and Investitures – this is a celebration fashion history as told through one family, in the pages of Vogue.

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• The Crown in Vogue Features Never-Before-Seen Photographs of the Royal Family from the Magazine’s Archives
• The Crown in Vogue: Vogue's 'special royal salute' to Queen Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the DRESS:FANCY podcast Christmas special! Join Lucy Clayton for an episode filled with glitter, nostalgia and dressing up as we explore the chaotic world of the Christmas Nativity Play. Recorded on location at an actual nursery school with head teacher Lucy Morley, we serve up top tips for creating costumes for your little darlings as well as sharing listener stories of triumphs, trauma and tea towels on heads.

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Lucy Clayton is joined by Verity Wilson, author of Dressing Up: A History of Fancy Dress in Britain, for a glorious exploration of the creative and chaotic ways costume plays a role in national identity. Full of inspiring and surprising ideas to recreate at home, this is the ultimate costume party. See the remarkable images that accompany this conversation on our Instagram: @dressfancypodcast.

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• Verity Wilson’s book is published by Reaktion
• The true power of a good outfit – Lucy’s TED Talk
• You Crazy Fool – The Harlequin and Pierrot in Laughter and Life
• Aesthetes and the Avantgarde: Costume Balls at the Chelsea Arts Club