For those who need a few more vintage diversions (part one was on April 2), here we go!
A few of the fashion history podcasts I try to catch (these are links to Apple Podcasts but all are available elsewhere too):
Dressed: The History of Fashion
Bande à part
Pre-Loved Podcast
Dress: Fancy
Fashion History with American Duchess
Allow me to introduce you to
The Pink Lady of Hollywood
…and The Green Lady of Brooklyn
Pioneering women in art and gender equality (and, I might add, fashion), meet the Bauhaus Girls via Creative Boom.
The Washington Post had a great article about the most refreshing designer in American history: Claire McCardell.
Messy Nessy recently Zoomed (that’s a word now, isn’t it?) with the remarkable Dr. Colleen Darnell, The Vintage Egyptologist.
Look and learn
You can take some free fashion courses at your own pace, including the 500-year history of British Royal Fashion, courtesy of Future Learn.
A fashion historian takes on the relationship between clothing and disease throughout history.
Fashion repeats itself in intriguing ways at the MET Costume Institute.
Wearing Memories from the Museum of FIT, helps tell the story of particular items of clothing with special meaning to their owners.
Wedding dress, 1957, Cristóbal Balenciaga
From Google Arts & Culture:
See some of Balenciaga’s most iconic looks.
Then see the gorgeous illustrations of equally gorgeous Parisian fashions, 1912-14.
Be in awe of Schiaparelli and Surrealism (the close-ups are a revelation).
Fortuny gowns up close are also revelatory. (Can you believe I know someone who found a Fortuny Delphos gown in the lingerie section of a thrift store?)
Witness the genius dress construction of Charles James.
See the over-the-top fabulous costumes worn by Carmen Miranda in Copacabana.
Take a spin around places where fashion is made and displayed all around the world.
An hour well spent: 'Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams' at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
mother’s day is coming
Check out this Pinterest board of mostly vintage Mommy and Me matching outfits.
First worn in 1962, last worn in 2013
Take a look at the young women who wore their grandmother’s and mother’s prom dresses to their own prom.
Fun with vintage hair and makeup
Lisa Eldridge has highlights and lowlights of makeup history.
She also has quite a few vintage makeup tutorials, including this Tippi Hedren-inspired 60s look.
Might it be time for big hair again?
Learn to do a bubble flip! (Be careful you don’t tease your hair to death!)
Have Fun
Three minutes comically spent: Schiaparelli might just approve of these 50s kitchen-themed hat fashions.
Now THIS is a cat walk!
Want to shake your groove thing? Messy Nessy presents: If You Can’t Go Out to the Disco, Bring the Disco to You
Finally, the FIDM Museum blog has a word search—find 20 fashion designer names. (If you are feeling competitive, beat my time of 12 minutes, 19 seconds and tell me you did!)
Let me know if you have some found some great vintage fashion things to do online!