Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration with Isabella Rosner, Part I (Dressed Classic)

Embroidery historian Isabella Rosner joined us in 2024 to discuss her book/zine Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarcerationwhich explores the embroidery made in prisons and mental health hospitals through the surviving works of twelve individuals who are a testament to the triumphs and sorrows of the human spirit and a reminder of "what can be created when freedom is out of reach." Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠classes⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠bookshelf⁠⁠⁠ with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration with Isabella Rosner, Part I (Dressed Classic) is an episode from Dressed: The History of Fashion by Dressed Media.

This episode is 54:32 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2026.

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