Best The Darting Nerd Podcasts (2025)

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EPISODE #50: Fashion Stories & The Louvre Couture exhibition – When objects of art become source of inspiration (English version) 22:08

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Send us a text What if a visit to the museum became the starting point for a creative journey? In this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, I take you to the heart of the Louvre Couture exhibition, on display at the Louvre Museum until July 21, 2025. An exhibition that reveals the intimate dialogues between ancient art objects and contemporar…

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EPISODE #49: Les histoires de mode & L’exposition Louvre Couture – Quand les objets d’art deviennent source d’inspiration (Version française) 21:22

10d ago21:22

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Send us a text Et si une visite au musée devenait le point de départ d’un voyage créatif ? Dans cet épisode de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, je vous emmène au cœur de l’exposition Louvre Couture, présentée au musée du Louvre jusqu’au 21 juillet 2025. Une exposition qui révèle les dialogues intimes entre les objets d’art anciens et les créations c…

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EPISODE #48: Fashion Stories & The military uniform – Between discipline, style and subversion (English version) 1:02:07

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Send us a text War attire or power attire? Symbol of order or stylistic playground? From Antiquity to TikTok, the military uniform has spanned eras, conflicts... and trends. In this episode, we'll take a look at this iconic piece that shapes bodies as much as it shapes imaginations. Why does fashion love it so much? What does it say about our times…

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EPISODE #47: Les histoires de mode & L’uniforme militaire – Entre discipline, style et subversion (Version française) 1:00:00

24d ago1:00:00

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Send us a text Vêtement de guerre ou vêtement de pouvoir ? Symbole d’ordre ou terrain de jeu stylistique ? De l’Antiquité à TikTok, l’uniforme militaire traverse les époques, les conflits… et les tendances. Dans cet épisode, nous allons nous intéresser à cette pièce culte qui structure les corps autant que les imaginaires. Pourquoi la mode l’aime a…

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EPISODE #46: Fashion Stories & The Space Age – When fashion dreams of walking on the Moon (English version) 51:51

1M ago51:51

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Send us a text In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we head into space. We travel back to the origins of the Space Age aesthetic, when fashion dreamed of the future, of shiny materials, geometric silhouettes, and astral combinations. From the 1960s to today, from pioneers like Courrèges, Cardin, and Rabanne to modern explorers lik…

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EPISODE #45: Les histoires de mode & Le Space Age – Quand la mode rêve de marcher sur la Lune (Version française) 49:56

1M ago49:56

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Send us a text Dans ce nouvel épisode de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on met le cap sur l’espace. Nous remontons aux origines de l’esthétique Space Age, quand la mode rêvait de futur, de matières brillantes, de silhouettes géométriques et de combinaisons astrales. Des années 60 à aujourd’hui, des pionniers comme Courrèges, Cardin et Rabanne aux e…

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EPISODE #44: Fashion Stories & The chateau-core trend of 2025 (English version) 27:09

2M ago27:09

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Send us a text Step into the world of château-core where fairy tales meet fantasy fashion trend that is capturing the hearts (and wardrobes) of Gen Z and Millennials in 2025, according to Pinterest. In this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, I am going to take you on a stylish time-travel journey through the wradrobes of history. From medie…

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EPISODE #43: Les histoires de mode & La tendance château core 2025 (Version française) 27:53

2M ago27:53

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Send us a text Plongez dans l'univers des châteaux, où les contes de fées rencontrent la fantaisie, une tendance mode qui, selon Pinterest, séduit le cœur (et les garde-robes) de la génération Z et des Millennials en 2025. Dans cet épisode de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, je vous emmène dans un voyage dans le temps, dans les garde-robes de l'hist…

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Episode #4: The Secret Life of Central Bankers 1:06:31

7M ago1:06:31

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The MAGA movement scores big wins by taking cheap shots at experts. Now, some worry that Donald Trump could try to oust Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The typical centrist position is to defend the supposedly impartial, apolitical expertise of such figures. Yet, we know that is not exactly right. Is there a better way to imagine a better b…

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Episode #3: The Disappearance & Return of Inequality Studies 1:04:02

7M ago1:04:02

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For much of the 20th century, few economists studied inequality. “Watching the study of inequality was like watching the grass grow,” is the way inequality scholar James K. Galbraith put it to us. Yet, the inequality studies grass is growing today–really, it’s something of a lush jungle. Arguably, the return of inequality studies is biggest change …

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The WEF is Actually Bad, But Not Like That (Darts Re-Run) 1:20:09

7M ago1:20:09

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We’re on break this week as everyone gears up for, and puzzles through, the results of this week’s US election. We’ll be back with new content next week. However, we have an episode from the Darts and Letters archive that is especially relevant to our ongoing Cited season, the Use and Abuse of Economic Expertise. It’s about the shifting political d…

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Episode #2: From Rubinomics to Bidenomics 53:45

7M ago53:45

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We look at the shifting landscape of economic thinking within the Democratic Party. First, historian Lily Geismer, author of Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, tells us the story of how the Democrats became captured by the Clintonian ‘Third Way.’ The Third Way argued that economic policy should move away from the sunset…

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Episode #1: Simon Kuznets & the Invention of the Economy 59:34

8M ago59:34

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Economics sometimes feels like physics–so sturdy, so objective, and so immutable. Yet, behind every clean number or eye-popping graph, there is usually a rather messy story, a story shaped by values, interests, ideologies, and petty bureaucratic politics. In our new mini-series, the Use and Abuse of Economic Expertise, we tell the hidden stories of…

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Episode #7: The (ir)Rational Alaskans (pt. 3 of 3) 1:07:07

10M ago1:07:07

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In the last episode of the (ir)Rational Alaskans, Riki Ott, Linden O’Toole, and thousands of other Alaskan fishers won over $5 billion in punitive damages against Exxon for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In our finale, while Ott and O’Toole wait for their cheques, Exxon fights back with a legal and academic appeal. In that appeal, they marshal the mos…

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Episode #6: The (ir)Rational Alaskans (pt. 2 of 3) 1:06:04

10M ago1:06:04

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Last episode, the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastates Cordova, Alaska. In this second part, 12 Angry Alaskans, a jury of ordinary Alaskans picks up our story. They muddle through the most devastating, and most complicated, environmental disaster in US history. How would they decide the case? You can listen to a trailer of the next week’s episode, Dam…

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Episode #5: The (ir)Rational Alaskans (pt. 1 of 3) 59:33

10M ago59:33

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After the unprecedented Exxon Valdez oil spill, a jury of ordinary Alaskans decided that Exxon had to be punished. However, Exxon fought back against their punishment. They did so, in-part, by supporting research that suggested jurors are irrational. This work came from an esteemed group of psychologists, behavioural economists, and legal theorists…

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Episode #4: The (ir)Rational Voters 1:09:23

11M ago1:09:23

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Early pollsters thought they had the psychological tools to quantify American mind, thereby enabling a truly democratic polity that would be governed by a rational public opinion. Today, we malign the misinformed public and dismiss the deluge of frivolous polls. How did the rational public become the phantom public? This is episode four of Cited’s …

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The Hippie High-Rise (Darts Re-Run) 1:04:56

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This week, we’re taking a little break before continuing our latest season, the Rationality Wars. We’re playing one of the our best documentary episodes from the large archive of our previous show, Darts and Letters. The episode called the Hippie High-Rise. For seven years, from 1968 to 1975, one eighteen story high-rise was the heart of Canada’s c…

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Episode #3: The (ir)Rational Priests 47:42

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A group of landholding elites waged psychological warfare on the El Salvadoran people, and oppressed them for generations. When a psychologist and Jesuit priest defended the rationality of the people against their oppressors, he paid the ultimate price. This is episode three of Cited’s returning season, the Rationality Wars. For a full list of cred…

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Episode #2: The (ir)Rational Rainbow 1:09:38

11M ago1:09:38

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The psychological establishment has long pathologized diverse forms of sexual identity and gender expression. In the mid-century, a brave movement of gays and lesbians fought back and claimed: no, actually, we’re healthy. But in the process, did they define other identities unhealthy? This is episode two of Cited’s returning season, the Rationality…

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Episode #1: The (ir)Rational Mob 52:30

12M ago52:30

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Every protest movement has been dismissed as a mere ‘mindless mob,’ caught in a psychological frenzy. Where did this idea come from, and why does it last? This is episode one of Cited’s returning season, the Rationality Wars. This season tells stories of political and scholarly battles to define rationality and irrationality. For a full list of cre…

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EPISODE #42: Fashion Stories & The origins of gender identification through clothes (English version) 28:05

12M ago28:05

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Send us a text Have men always wear pants and women skirts? Has rose always been the color for girls and blue the color for boys? How did people do to know if the person in front of them was a man or a woman? And has gender identification through clothing been always there and important? These are some of the main questions we will try to find answ…

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EPISODE #41: Les histoires de mode & L'origine de l'identification des genres à travers les vêtements (Version française) 29:34

12M ago29:34

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Send us a text Les hommes ont-ils toujours porté des pantalons et les femmes des jupes ? Le rose a-t-il toujours été la couleur des filles et le bleu celle des garçons ? Comment faisaient les gens pour savoir si la personne en face d’eux était un homme ou une femme ? Et l’identification du genre à travers les vêtements a-t-elle toujours été présent…

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Introducing: The Rationality Wars (Season Trailer) 2:59

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The Rationality Wars tells stories about the political and intellectual battles to define rationality and irrationality. Behind every definition of rationality, somebody benefits, and somebody is harmed. We ask: what does it mean to be rational?; what does it mean to be irrational?; and most of all, who gets to decide? Episodes run weekly starting …

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EPISODE #40: Fashion Stories & Christian Dior, the man who drew women-flowers (English version) 23:51

1y ago23:51

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Send us a text There is no need to introduce Christian Dior and the House he created anymore. And this episode is not another biography of the French designer and his legacy. I wanted to focus on one particular aspect of Christian Dior’s inspirations: the flowers and how they influenced his perception of fashion, femininity and silhouettes followin…

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EPISODE #39: Les histoires de mode & Christian Dior, l’homme qui dessinait des femmes-fleurs (Version française) 25:06

1y ago25:06

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Send us a text Il n’est plus nécessaire de présenter Christian Dior et la maison qu'il a créée. Et cet épisode n’est pas une autre biographie du couturier français et de son héritage. Je voulais me concentrer sur un aspect particulier des inspirations de Christian Dior : les fleurs et la manière dont elles ont influencé sa perception de la mode, de…

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EPISODE #38: Fashion Stories at the MET Gala 2024 – In the look for historical inspiration (English version) 40:27

1y ago40:27

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Send us a text It is now an institution, not only in the fashion industry, but in the cultural scene: the first Monday in May takes places the MET Gala. And it is time for My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to put its 50 cents in the analysis and interpretation of this unavoidable event. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast : We will g…

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EPISODE #37: Les histoires de mode au MET Gala 2024 - A la recherche d'inspirations historiques (Version française) 39:46

1y ago39:46

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Send us a text C'est désormais une institution, non seulement dans l'industrie de la mode, mais aussi sur la scène culturelle : le premier lundi de mai a lieu le MET Gala. Et il est temps pour My Fashion Stories Box Podcast de mettre sa pierre à l’édifice dans l’analyse et l’interprétation de cet événement incontournable! Dans ce nouvel épisode du …

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EPISODE #36: Fashion Stories and the regulation of fashion throughout the ages (English version) 36:28

1y ago36:28

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Send us a text These past months news have been filled with articles on projects of laws, regulations aiming at limiting the consumption of fast fashion items, in the objective to counterbalance their negative impacts on the environment and the acceleration of the climate change crisis. This tendency gave me the will to investigate the past to see …

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EPISODE #35: Les histoires de mode et la régulation de l’accès à la mode au fils des siècles (version française) 34:40

1y ago34:40

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Send us a text Ces derniers mois, l’actualité regorge d’articles sur des projets de lois, des réglementations visant à limiter la consommation de produits issus de l’industrie de la fast fashion afin de contrecarrer leurs impacts négatifs sur l’environnement et l’accélération de la crise climatique. Cette tendance m’a donné envie de regarder dans l…

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EPISODE #34: Fashion Stories and Jeanne Toussaint, a life under the Sign of the Panther (English version) 27:59

1y ago27:59

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Send us a text I decided to dedicate this new episode to a personality from the jewelry world whose life could have inspired a novel: Jeanne Toussaint, also known as the Panther of Cartier. Who is Jeanne Toussaint ? Where does she come from ? And her unhappy love stories… How did she start working for Cartier ? What are her main contributions ? The…

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EPISODE #33: Les histoires de mode et Jeanne Toussaint, une vie sous le signe de la Panthère (version française) 27:34

1y ago27:34

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Send us a text Pour ce nouvel épisode de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, j’ai choisi une personnalité du monde de la joaillerie à la vie digne d’un roman : Jeanne Toussaint, surnommée la Panthère de Cartier. Qui est Jeanne Toussaint ? D’où vient-elle ? Ses histoires d’amour malheureuses. Comment a-t-elle commencé à travailler pour Cartier ? Quelles…

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EPISODE #32: Fashion Stories and the Touraine headdress (English version) 36:12

1+ y ago36:12

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Send us a text Welcome to My Fashion Stories Box Podcast’s Season 4! Starting from now on, the episodes will be available in English and in French. To start this new cycle, we will talk about the local Touraine headdress. I, myself, was born in the city of Tours and my family has been living in the Touraine region for some generations, and it becam…

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EPISODE #31: Les histoires de mode et la coiffe tourangelle (version française) 33:16

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Send us a text Bienvenus dans le premier épisode en français de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast! Dorénavant, les épisodes seront disponibles en français et en anglaise. Pour inaugurer ce nouveau cycle, les histoires de mode parleront de la coiffe tourangelle. Originaire de la Touraine, j’ai organisé le 24 novembre 2023 une conférence-exposition inti…

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EPISODE #30: Fashion Stories & Coco Chanel, a free spirit in the fashion industry 28:10

2y ago28:10

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Send us a text In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will talk about Gabrielle Chanel, the woman who didn’t want to dress as the others. We will talk about: Her personality Her time And, how all these influenced the fashion she created. Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to understand the behind the …

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EPISODE #29: Fashion Stories & the Middle Ages, fashion at the time of the fin'amor 31:47

2+ y ago31:47

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Send us a text In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will travel back in time to the Middle Ages and, more precisely, to the 12th century. Why this century more than another? Well, because, this is the century of the “fin’amor”, l’amour courtois or courtly love. What is the fin’amor, or courtly love? How did the 12th century soc…

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EPISODE #28: Fashion Stories & Make love not war, A Story of Hippie Fashion 22:25

2+ y ago22:25

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to the 70s fashion, the Flower Power, the Hippies and their influence on the fashion styles of this decade not like any other. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will try to answer the following questions about the Hippies: Who were the Hippies? What were their demands? How did…

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EPISODE #27: Fashion Stories & Les Incroyables et les Merveilleuses, the post French Revolution fashion influencers 23:21

2+ y ago23:21

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Send us a text Did you know the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses? No? They were the post French Revolution fashion influencers, men and women with a certain fashion style, but not only… In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will discover more about them. Together, we will: Understand the historical and political context in whic…

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EPISODE #26: Fashion Stories & Marie Antoinette: a 18th century fashion icon 43:57

2+ y ago43:57

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Send us a text 2023 is off a flying start with this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box podcast dedicated to the very controversial but so interesting Marie-Antoinette. In this episode, we will: Learn a bit more about Marie-Antoinette, her family, her life before moving to Versailles and becoming the future last Queen of France. See how Marie-Ant…

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EPISODE #25: Fashion Stories & Catherine of Medici: a Renaissance fashion icon 35:31

2+ y ago35:31

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Send us a text The heroin of this episode is Catherine of Medici and her inputs to the fashion of her time. Together, we will: Learn a bit more about her, not so easy, life as Queen of France and the black legend around her. Discover a bit more about the Renaissance fashion for women. Go through the main inputs of Catherine of Medici into the Renai…

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EPISODE #24: Fashion Stories & the Fashion Weeks: some historical inspirations? 26:07

2+ y ago26:07

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Send us a text In today’s episode, I will analyse the last Paris Fashion Week which took place from September 26 to October 4 2022, showcasing the Women’s Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2023 collections. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast: I will axe my analysis to the potential historical inspirations fashion brands and their creat…

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EPISODE #23: Fashion Stories & Elsa Schiaparelli – A life in Shocking Pink 33:27

2+ y ago33:27

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Send us a text Today, we will be all Shocking Pink with an episode dedicated to the surrealist Elsa Schiaparelli. In this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast: we will try to understand what made Elsa Schiaparelli, the fashion phenomenon of the 30s. We will try to know who was Schiap, as she liked to nickname herself, how she ended up in the f…

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EPISODE #22: Fashion Stories – Showcasing fashion, from the Pandora dolls to the first fashion shows, the Théâtre de la Mode and the Fashion Weeks 30:27

2+ y ago30:27

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Send us a text In today’s episode, we will talk about different ways that used to be used in the past to showcase new creations by tailors and designers. Showcasing fashion has always been seen as a priority by fashion creators since the development of a fashion consciousness. Indeed, it was paramount for them to make their outfits reached their cu…

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EPISODE #21: Fashion Stories – The Story of school uniforms 22:07

2+ y ago22:07

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Send us a text In today’s episode, we will talk about the school uniforms, in time for the Back to School period, right? September is usually associated with going back to school for students around the world, after a long summer break. And the clothes they are going to put on for this event is a source of intensive researches in style for students…

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EPISODE #20: Fashion Stories – A little story of the lace 36:29

3y ago36:29

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to the lace, how it appeared and what made it a luxury. After an intensive course I took this Summer on lace, I got curious about it and decided to dig in a bit deeper. What is lace? What are the different types of laces you can find? From where does it come? What were the first usages of lace and ho…

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EPISODE #19: Fashion Stories, Pants and Women: a Symbol of Emancipation 20:15

3y ago20:15

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to pants and women: a symbol of emancipation. Together, we will discover the backstory of pants, how they became political as a way to break with old regimes and ways of thoughts and the battles women had to fight in order to be allowed to wear them. At the end of this episode, pants won’t have any s…

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EPISODE #18: Fashion Stories and Paul Poiret, the designer who freed women from their corsets 18:20

3y ago18:20

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to the French designer Paul Poiret, the man who freed women from their corsets. Together, we will discover who was Paul Poiret, the King of Fashion, his many sources of inspirations, how he changed the Parisian artistic life before the First World War, the woman behind his conception of womanhood and…

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EPISODE #17: Fashion stories and The Story of the underwears - Why they became sexy 18:14

3+ y ago18:14

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to the story of underwears and their journey to become a sexy item. Together, we will look at their origins, when and why people started to wear underwears, the first functions of underwears and the conception of hygiene people had when it came to underwears and why they became sexy. Be ready for som…

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EPISODE #16: Fashion stories and The Story of the corset: from an instrument of torture and repression to a symbol of erotism 20:30

3+ y ago20:30

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to the story of the corset and how this clothing element’s signification went from being an instrument of physical torture and psychological repression to a symbol of erotism. Together, we will dive into the origins of corsets, from outerwear to underwear, the symbolism linked with it, how this simpl…

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EPISODE #15: Fashion stories and Love Brings Love 13:37

3+ y ago13:37

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Send us a text Today’s episode will be dedicated to a beautiful love declaration in the fashion world: the “Love Brings Love” show which took place on October 2021 at the end of the Paris Fashion Week. 46 designers took part in this tribute show to the late Alber Elbaz. Who was Alber Elbaz and what was his project, the AZ Factory? What was at the o…

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