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This week we’re taking a deep dive into the world of fashion as we approach the trendiest time of the year with runway shows around the world. Scroll down to learn how the fabulous costumes from some of your favorite dramas are made.

Yours in media,
Elizabeth He, Visual Communications Editor

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What’s in Style?

How Did Jeans Get Their Signature Look? (2 min clip)

The blue jean of the 1800s isn’t the same pant we wear today. Learn how this American clothing staple evolved through time.

From Fadeaways to the Runway, the World of NBA Fashion (26 min audio)

Explore the culture and history of high fashion in men’s professional basketball. Looks are a slam dunk.

How Indigenous Voices Are Redefining the Runway (7 min clip)

Here’s a cultural movement stitched into fabric, design, and identity. Indigenous fashion is on the rise, and it’s more than style. It’s a story.

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Fashion from Our Favorite Dramas

Shows about fashion? Look no further, we have these for you:

  • Velvet: In late 1950s Madrid, the golden age of haute couture, Galerias Velvet was the store everyone longed to visit, at least once. 
  • The Golden Swan: The glamorous Golden Swan department store opens its doors as war threatens to tear the city apart.
  • MASTERPIECE: Mr. Selfridge: In 1909 London, an American retail tycoon arrives to jettison fusty British tradition and open one of the finest department stores the world has ever seen.

Costume Secrets of MASTERPIECE’s Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (article)

Costume designer Joanna Eatwell reveals the artistry behind the stunning Tudor wardrobe.

Chic Styles of Call the Midwife in 1969 (6 min clip)

Cast and crew explore the standout looks of Season 13, reflecting the spirit and style of 1969 and reveal their favorite filming locations. Let’s travel back in time.

MASTERPIECE’s Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Season Two Costumes (3 min clip)

Fashionable hats, pocket watches, and waistcoats galore! The cast reveal their favorite costumes (and accessories!)

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Recipe of the Week

Pretty In Pink: The Paloma Cocktail (recipe)

Add some color and a zing of flavor to your evening with one of Mexico’s favorite cocktails. It’s a pink drink!

Book of the Week

Author Julie Satow with When Women Ran Fifth Avenue (1 hr author talk)

Draw back the curtain to reveal the masterminds behind the creation and shopping experience at Hortense Odlum’s Bonwit Teller, Dorothy Shaver’s Lord & Taylor, and Geraldine Stutz’s Henri Bendel. Stroll down Fifth Avenue.

Fashion Icons

Remembering Iconic Designer Giorgio Armani (6 min clip)

He is credited with elevating a quintessentially Italian aesthetic in his clothes and making red carpet affairs cultural moments. Here’s a look back celebrating one of the greats.

Nantucket Fashion Designer Featured on New Season of Project Runway (article & 4 min audio)

Nantucket’s own Madeline Malenfant is one of 12 contestants on the newest season of Project Runway, the competition reality show for fashion designers.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Jimi Hendrix Fashion (2 min clip)

Explore expert appraisals of the legendary stagewear worn by Jimi Hendrix. Would you wear this?

Sustainability in the Fashion

Buried in Style: Fashion’s Final Destination (12 min clip)

From catwalk to castoff, Human Footprint’s Shane Campbell-Staton follows our tossed threads to the Chilean desert. Where do all the clothes go?

Making It in America: New England Textile Manufacturing (1 hr talk)

New England has a rich apparel and textile manufacturing history. Over the past 40 years, much of that industry has vanished as companies have been forced to deal with ever cheaper imports from abroad. What’s our textile future?

Off Topic

  1. Is it possible to defy gravity? David Pogue and NOVA explain this optical illusion. (1 min short)
  2. No shade, but why aren’t kids reading? GBH News Rooted takes a deeper look. (26 min episode)
  3. Crunch, crunch! Ever wonder what became of those seeds Johnny Appleseed scattered across America? (article)