112 Episodes

  1. Episode 11: Once more into the Breaches – Fancy Dress and Re-Enactment

    Published: 12/6/2018

  2. Episode 10: Dressing the Part – the influence of literature on fancy dress

    Published: 11/29/2018

  3. Episode 9: Fashion Turns Ugly? – When Costume Meets Catwalk

    Published: 11/22/2018

  4. Episode 8: The Book was Better: The Realities of Fancy Dress in Fiction

    Published: 11/15/2018

  5. Halloween Bonus Episode

    Published: 11/8/2018

  6. Episode 7: Winter is Coming – Romanovs, Unrest and the Costume Ball of 1903

    Published: 11/1/2018

  7. Episode 6: Terror, Trauma, Tantrums: Reflections on Halloween Past and Present

    Published: 10/18/2018

  8. Episode 5: The Hero Inside Yourself – Fantasy Costumes and Film

    Published: 10/11/2018

  9. Episode 4: Warriors and Wigs – Fancy Dress in Wartime

    Published: 10/4/2018

  10. Episode 3: Nazis, Pirates, Tarts – Fancy Dress in Bad Taste

    Published: 9/27/2018

  11. Episode 2: Barbaric Splendour – The Devonshire House Ball, 1897

    Published: 9/20/2018

  12. Episode 1: Who’s Laughing Now? - Fancy Dress in Protest

    Published: 9/12/2018

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A smart, playful and interrogative take on contemporary fashion and its context – weaving together sartorial and social history to tell powerful, surprising stories of identity. Hosted by Lucy Clayton together with a selection of special guests including designers, artists, writers, activists, academics and of course, the dresser uppers themselves, this show explores the way we dress in all its creative, sequinned and chaotic glory.