History Unhemmed

About History Unhemmed

Explore fashion history's less "finished" side with us! Tune into 'History Unhemmed', the podcast that unravels the sartorial scandals, fashionable foibles, controversial couture, and other famous (and INFAMOUS) moments in the history of fashion and dress. Get ready to give those loose threads a tug and discover the spicy sagas sewn into every seam!

Publisher

History Unhemmed

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Jul 2022

Latest episode

12 May 2025

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 May 2025

   A Statement in Silk and Wool: The Sapeurs of the Congo

   History Unhemmed examines La SAPE, the Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People (Sapeurs) of the Congo, and their use of clothing to express identity, resistance, and pride against the backdrop of colonialism.

2. 

   28 Apr 2025

   A Cardinal, A Queen, and A Con: The Affair of the Necklace

   What happens when fashion, politics, and fraud collide in the glittering halls of Versailles? Tune in and find out about this gem-uine (yeah that really was awful) controversy! In this episode, we’ll take a closer look at L’Affaire du Collier de la Reine or the Affair of the Queen’s Necklace. This scandal shook the French monarchy, dragged Marie Antoinette’s name through the mud, and became a turning point in the lead-up to the French Revolution. Come for the diamonds, stay for the the glitter, the grift, and the guillotine. If you have any requests, questions, or simply feel like saying hello (we're friendly and Mr. B, our Executive Paw-ducer, is a purr-fect angel), drop us a line at historyunhemmedpodcast@gmail.com. You can also find us on social media: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/people/History-Unhemmed/100084597553601/ THANK YOU! RESOURCES: Beckman, Jonathan. How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne. United Kingdom: John Murray Press, 2014. Black, Jeremy. A Brief History of Slavery. London: Little, Brown Book Group, 2011. Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette. Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. United States: L. C. Page, 1900. Available on Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Memoirs_of_the_Court_of_Marie_Antoinette/yuYOAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1) Carlyle, Thomas. The Diamond Necklace. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette: The Journey. New York: Anchor Books, 2001. Kitchin, Thomas (1778). The Present State of the West-Indies: Containing an Accurate Description of What Parts Are Possessed by the Several Powers in Europe. London: R. Baldwin, 1778. Valois-Saint-Rémy, Jeanne (Countess de La Motte). The Diamond Necklace. Burbank, CA: Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2023. Miller, Christopher L. The French Atlantic Triangle. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. Weber, Caroline. Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution. New York: Henry Holt, 2006. Yonan, Michael E. The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century Porcelain. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2017.

3. 

   14 Apr 2025

   Rethinking the Flow: Unpacking Menstrual Wear

   And (after an eternity)…we’re back! Join us today as we take a closer look at the fascinating (and perhaps a bit messy) history of period garments. Not breeches and corsets à la Bridgerton period dress, but the development of things like menstrual belts, vaginal packs, early tampons, and the rise of reusable options like the mooncup and period pants/panties. We’ll explore where these products came front, the cultural forces and taboos that shaped them, and how they’ve evolved in relation to changing societal attitudes toward menstruation. It’s sure to be a bloody brilliant ride! If you have any requests, questions, or simply feel like saying hello (we're friendly and Mr. B, our Executive Paw-ducer, is a purr-fect angel), drop us a line at historyunhemmedpodcast@gmail.com. You can also find us on social media: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/people/History-Unhemmed/100084597553601/ We are also on Patreon at: Patreon.com/historyunhemmed THANK YOU! RESOURCES: Alliance for Period Supplies. "The History of Period Products." Last modified November 7, 2023. https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/the-history-of-period-products/ (https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/the-history-of-period-products/). History Colorado. “Period Piece: Menstruation’s Hidden History.” August 16, 2024. https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2024/08/16/period-piece-menstruations-hidden-history (https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2024/08/16/period-piece-menstruations-hidden-history). Horwitz, Rainey, "Menstrual Tampon (https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/menstrual-tampon)". Embryo Project Encyclopedia ( 2020-05-25 ). ISSN: 1940-5030 https://hdl.handle.net/10776/13151 (https://hdl.handle.net/10776/13151) Jaafar H, Ismail SY, Azzeri A. Period Poverty: A Neglected Public Health Issue. Korean J Fam Med. 2023 Jul;44(4):183-188. doi: 10.4082/kjfm.22.0206. Epub 2023 May 16. PMID: 37189262; PMCID: PMC10372806. Kijowska, Wiktoria. “Sanitary Suspenders to Mooncups: A Brief History of Menstrual Products.” Victoria and Albert Museum. Last modified August 16, 2024. https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/a-brief-history-of-menstrual-products (https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/a-brief-history-of-menstrual-products). King, Helen. Making History (blog), https://mistakinghistories.uk/ (https://mistakinghistories.uk/). Stein, Elissa, and Susan Kim. Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. 1st ed. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. Thomas C. T. Buckley, Alma Gottlieb. Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation. University of California Press, 1988

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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