Thread Cult Podcast
1) #42 Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, with Wanda M. Corn
A current exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum explores how Georgia O'Keeffe used her wardrobe and photographs taken of her to help craft her public image. Christine talks with guest curator Wanda M. Cor...Show More
2) #41 Geometric Patterns with Rosie Martin of DIYcouture
Rosie Martin, the force behind DIYcouture, discusses her new book No Patterns Needed, a collection of patternless sewing designs based on squares, circles, and rectangles. Rosie shares how she starte...Show More
3) #40 3D-Printed Clothing with Nervous System
Jessica Rosenkrantz, co-founder of Nervous System, a generative design studio, discusses her work creating 3D-printed clothing. Nervous System has collaborated with New Balance to make 3D-printed mids...Show More
4) #39 Better Fabrics with Sonja Gingerich
Sewing blogger and upholsterer Sonja Gingerich (of Ginger Makes) recently started an online fabric shop, Hell Gate Fabrics, specializing in fabrics that are healthier for the environment. Christine ca...Show More
5) Craft and Film with Vicki Vasilopoulos
Filmmaker Vicki Vasilopoulos discusses her documentary, Men of the Cloth, which follows three Italian master tailors in the U.S. and Italy. Christine and Vicki also chat about her newest project, The ...Show More
6) #37 Fairy Tale Fashion
A current exhibit at the Museum at FIT explores the connection between haute couture and the folk stories of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault, among others. Christine ...Show More
7) #36 Uncommon Threads, an Interview with Rebecca Ringquist
Artist and teacher Rebecca Ringquist pulls embroidery out of its classic confines, using her needle and floss to tell modern stories in cloth. This episode she and Christine chat about her process, th...Show More
8) #35 Imprint of a Life, an interview with Jessamyn Hatcher
How do you come to know someone if all you have is the evidence of their clothes? This is the mystery author Jessamyn Hatcher is trying to solve after the discovery of 21 rare couture gowns in a forgo...Show More
9) #34 Death Becomes Her
A new exhibit at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how high fashion influenced bereavement rituals during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In this episode, Jessica Rega...Show More
10) #33 The Lost Art of Dress with Linda Przybyszewski
History, home ec, and fashion converge in this episode, an interview with historian Linda Przybyszewski (Professor Pski to her students), author of The Lost Art of Dress. Professor Pski fills us in on...Show More