Articles of interest
Created by Avery Trufelman
An off shoot of 99 Percent Invisible
Consisting of 39 Episodes and counting
4 seasons, and lots of fun facts
It’s about how we dress
Spoiler warning
Episode 1 - Kids clothes
Kids use to wear mini adult clothes.
Any clothing that a child could sleep in must be flame retardant. So NO OWLS!
Episode 3 - Pockets
Pockets use to not be part of the clothing
Pockets let you be prepared for the world
Episode 4 - Hawaiian Shirts
Hawaiian shirts started casual fridays.
Episode 5 - Blue Jeans
All jeans you buy are pre distressed. And the rivets on the pockets are important
Jeans are blue in part because of Indigo being a cash crop in the south
Episode 9 - Perfume
Perfume has a quite high profitability for companies
Things that smell scent free have perfume so they don’t smell like chemicals
Season 2 - Ivy League
Princeton and the other Ivy league schools
Effortlessness in mens clothes is sought after
Small differences matter in Ivy. Do you have a pocket square? Do you have vents?
Japan saved the Ivy style
Made it nicer and then it came back!
Episode 21 - On pointe
There is no padding
They can be $100 and only used once
For a little while during a war they were the only new shoe you could get
Episode 24 - How to dress
Find role models and words to describe your style
If you want people to look at you and think “doctor” “academic” “I want to play music with them” you can dress to invite that.
Dress is about communicating
Use to be strict rules about dress
Episode 25 - Prison Uniforms
At the start people wore what they came in with
The orange is just the intake uniform
Jeans can be cheaper
Episode 35 - Chromophobia
Arsenic green, Tyrian purple, and Mauve
There are cycles of what is in for people of means
Episode 37 - Modesty
Different in different cultures
If you were in the presence of a king you would act and dress differently, if you believe it, you are always in the presence of God
If you want to know more talk to me or listen to the podcast