S1 Ep1: Beginnings

In Episode 1, Ana Kinsella and Stevie Mackenzie-Smith talk about beginnings. We meet Abigail, who decided to make her own wedding dress for a beginning of her own, and Kate O’Donnell, who built up a wardrobe from scratch when she transitioned. Plus, a diary of those all-important first-day-at-work outfits from Colleen Kelsey in New York, and writer and cook Rebecca May Johnson shares a story of satin trousers for Loved and Lost. Items: Is Fashion Modern? closes at MoMA this month. Read about it here: Stevie also mentions her trip to Sara Berman’s closet, and you can do a video tour of it here, thanks to the New Yorker Here is an essay about women in fedoras: Ana's hat is really more like a borsalino. Find Abigail’s work on Etsy at Follow Kate O’Donnell on Twitter at and find her work at Colleen is on Instagram Rebecca May Johnson shares her food writing at If you liked today’s show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Library), Kevin MacLeod - Canon In D Major (via YouTube Music Library), Blue Dot Sessions - The Shoes They Wear (via Free Music Archive), FoolBoyMedia - New York Jazz Loop (via freesound.org ), Aaron Lieberman - Gypsy Stroll (via YouTube Music Library) Production by Lucy Dearlove.

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S1 Ep1: Beginnings is an episode from Layers.

This episode is 46:01 long.

This episode was published on Jan 8, 2018.

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