Explore every episode of the podcast Once Upon a Look
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. Sunday Best: Why We Dress Up For The Divine (Part 1) | 30 avr. 2025 | 00:22:17 | |
Stories about our holiest clothes. Whether it's the papal robes in the Vatican, or the uniforms of women's fellowship in Zimbabwe, we’re asking why getting dressed can feel like a kind of worship. | |||
| 7. Game of Clothes (Reupload) | 16 avr. 2025 | 00:22:50 | |
Originally released with audio issues, Game of Clothes returns in this sound-adjusted reupload. We explore how fashion turns shopping into a game through tactics like scarcity drops and in-app challenges, all to fuel consumer desire. | |||
| 6. "They Don't Know I'm Wearing Quiet Luxury" | 09 avr. 2025 | 00:23:00 | |
Revealing how wealth dresses when it doesn’t want to be seen. Join Dumo in exploring the codes of elevated simplicity, from 1926 Chanel to 2025 China. | |||
| 5. Where Do Our Forgotten Clothes Go? | 19 mars 2025 | 00:28:02 | |
We unpack the the environmental and economic toll of fashion's high-speed production cycle, and highlight movements challenging the industry’s disposable mindset. | |||
| 4. From Ma Rainey to Doechii: The Enduring Legacy of Black Avant-Garde Style in Music | 21 févr. 2025 | 00:24:29 | |
This episode explores the impact of Black musicians who have redefined fashion as radically as they have sound. FACT CHECK: Doechii's second name is Ji'mya not Ja'mila. | |||
| 3. Designing with Love: The Creative Power of Teamwork in Fashion | 12 févr. 2025 | 00:23:15 | |
Stories of fashion's defining partnerships, from South Korean "couple-looks", to Law and Zendaya. FACT CHECK: Dara Allen is the Fashion Director of Interview Magazine, not Fashion Editor. | |||
| 2. The Lace Chronicles: Tradition, Transformation, Timelessness | 05 févr. 2025 | 00:23:05 | |
This episode tells the vibrant story of lace—from its European aristocratic ties to its political symbolism, cultural reinventions, and enduring role as a fabric of both tradition and defiance. | |||
| 1. First Lady Fashion: the Global Politics of Styling Soft Power | 17 janv. 2025 | 00:22:31 | |
Exploring the memorable, often unethically acquired wardrobes of 9 current and former first ladies from around the world. | |||