Exploring how fashion shapes the world, and the world reshapes fashion. Dumo takes you behind the seams, connecting a piece, outfit, collection, trend or process to the unstylish forces that mould it. New episodes every Tuesday. Season 2 out early 2026.
Stories about the clothes we wear when we want to look and feel our holiest. Whether it's the papal robes in the Vatican, or the uniforms of women's fellowship in Zimbabwe, we’re asking why getting dressed can feel like a kind of worship.
16 Apr 2025
8. Game of Clothes (Rebroadcast with Improved Audio)
Originally released with audio issues, Game of Clothes returns in this sound-adjusted rebroadcast. We explore how fashion turns shopping into a game through tactics like scarcity drops and in-app challenges, all to fuel consumer desire.
9 Apr 2025
7. "They Don't Know I'm Wearing Quiet Luxury"
Revealing how wealth dresses when it doesn’t want to be seen. Join Dumo in exploring the codes of elevated simplicity, from 1926 Chanel to 2025 China.
19 Mar 2025
6. Where Do Our Forgotten Clothes Go?
We unpack the the environmental and economic toll of fashion's high-speed production cycle, and highlight movements challenging the industry’s disposable mindset.
21 Feb 2025
5. From Ma Rainey to Doechii: The Enduring Legacy of Black Avant-Garde Style in Music
This episode explores the impact of Black musicians who have redefined fashion as radically as they have sound.
FACT CHECK: Doechii's second name is Ji'mya not Ja'mila.
12 Feb 2025
4. Designing with Love: The Creative Power of Teamwork in Fashion
Stories of fashion's defining partnerships, from South Korean "couple-looks", to Law and Zendaya.
FACT CHECK: Dara Allen is the Fashion Director of Interview Magazine, not Fashion Editor.
5 Feb 2025
3. The Lace Chronicles: Tradition, Transformation, Timelessness
This episode tells the vibrant story of lace—from its European aristocratic ties to its political symbolism, cultural reinventions, and enduring role as a fabric of both tradition and defiance.
25 Jan 2025
⚠️2. Game of Clothes (Original Release - Audio Issues)
⚠️ This is the original version of Game of Clothes, released before audio adjustments. For the remastered version, listen to EP 8 titled Game of Clothes (Rebroadcast With Improved Audio).This episode explores how fashion brands use gamification to influence and retain customers, and unpacks the history of how streetwear brands innovated relationship marketing.
17 Jan 2025
1. First Lady Fashion: the Global Politics of Styling Soft Power
Exploring the memorable, often unethically acquired wardrobes of 9 current and former first ladies from around the world.
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