The Resale Revival
How did used clothing lose its proverbial and literal stink? An episode brought to you by The RealReal . To see images of all the many lives...
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Articles of Interest
Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Produced and Hosted by Avery Trufelman
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The Philosophy Club: Chesterfield
The Philosophy club continues. This time, Derek Guy joins to talk about Lord Chesterfield's Letters to His Son . It's kind of a weird book!...
Lace and Labor
Fear of automation, trad wives, and America First movements. None of this is new: it all happened in the history of knitting and crochet. Fo...
The Philosophy Club: Mandeville
A new series, featuring Derek Guy. To hear full episodes without ads, become a paid subscriber at articlesofinterest.substack.com Learn abou...
The Princesses of China
China is the land of the future. So why is everyone dressing like 16th century princesses? Check out these amazing outfits at articlesofinte...
Sizes
A peek into the life of a fit model: one of the stranger jobs in fashion. For images, details, and more head to articlesofinterest.substack....
High Heels
High heels are no longer as high as they were twelve years ago. What happened? An analysis of a trend. For images and links, head to article...
The costume designer behind The Devil Wears Prada 2
Brought to you by Macy's: a little interview with Molly Rogers, the underground renegade behind some of the most fashionable media out there...
Taxes and Tariffs
I promise, this has to do with clothes. As ever, resources and links at articlesofinterest.substack.com Learn about your ad choices: dovetai...
Betty & Veronica
The Archie comic book characters became serious fashion icons, but it all happened through a series of accidents. For images, links, and the...
The Great American Designer
The USA is a young country, but our fashion design is even younger. Like who are the titans of American fashion design? It’s Donna Karan, To...
Push-Up Contest
Zoe's dad made a bra that changed the world. Will it change her? A feature from my friends over at the audio magazine Signal Hill Learn abou...
Clerical Collar
Pastor Zach never liked to wear a clerical collar. Suddenly, he finds himself wearing one all the time. Join me in supporting the multifaith...
Fantasy of Fashion, Revisited
What role does fashion have in a time of crisis? This is one of my favorite stories I've ever made. But there have been some updates since i...
Made in USA
This is one of the best pieces of fashion reporting I have ever heard: it's a reworked version of a story that originally aired on the NPR p...
Gear: Epilogue (with Jad Abumrad)
A recording of an intimate conversation at Ludlow House, where the venerable Jad Abumrad asked me some questions about Gear. For images (and...
Gear: Chapter 7
Soldiers and civilians live in different Americas. But we don't have to. For images, links and more, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com L...
Gear: Chapter 6
"Gorpcore" emerges.... from (maybe, potentially) unexpected places. For images, links, and more information, head to articlesofinterest.subs...
Gear: Chapter 5
A pattern for blending in. And for standing out. For images and links go to articlesofinterest.substack.com Learn about your ad choices: dov...
Gear: Chapter 4
The end of the draft leads to the yuppification of the field jacket. Images links and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com Learn about yo...