COVERED Podcast
1) Give Me A Show
In the 18th century, women carried around pineapple-shaped purses as a status symbol, as a political statement, and, frankly, because it was adorable. For the last episode of Season 2, we dig into the...Show More
2) Created In A Lab
Some years, Ray-Ban’s Wayfarers are so popular that their sales figures are in the millions. Other years, the sunglasses are almost completely absent from popular culture. We’re turning our lenses tow...Show More
3) It's Hard Being Ahead
Alexander McQueen's Spring 2010 runway show, Plato's Atlantis, is one of the most famous runway collections of all time. Despite being deeply beloved now, it was initially met with mixed reviews by cr...Show More
4) OK, Bloomer!
In the 1850s, a crew of American women began wearing pantalettes to indicate themselves as forward-thinking ‘New Women.’ How did these undergarments get the name bloomers? Amelia Bloomer, of course. B...Show More
5) Smaller Than The World's Smallest Bathing Suit
Want to make a splash in the summer of 1946? Wear a bikini! Better yet, tell the whole beach about your bikini in skywriting! In today’s episode, we investigate the bitter rivalry over the invention o...Show More
6) Remember When Everything Was Ugly?
Today we get into some of the biggest sleeves of all time: the 1830s puff sleeves. But today’s fashion history exploration is twofold — because the sleeves of the 1830s were referencing the girls of t...Show More
7) Anything But Masculine
In 1966 Yves Saint Laurent designed the first couture women's tuxedo: Le Smoking. Today we get into the significance of the suit as womenswear and the subversive women who helped to popularize it. Plu...Show More
8) A Performance of Royalty
We are so back! And so are weddings. In 1953, Ann Lowe made a wedding dress for Jackie Kennedy’s highly publicized wedding. However, it would be years before Ann Lowe was credited as the creator of th...Show More
9) It's A Canon Event
In 1940s America, girls started going to college and wearing oversized cardigans. But across the pond, feminine twin sets take the sweater market by storm. For our last episode of Season 1, stick arou...Show More
10) We’ve Made Ourselves Too Vulnerable
Today we dispel The Big Corset Lie. For several hundred years, corsets were a part of women's daily wardrobes through many phases of their lives -- including pregnancy. Why do we love to sensationaliz...Show More