Niche Enough Podcast

Welcome back to Niche Enough, a podcast about material culture. This is Episode Three of the Plaid series and if you haven’t listened to the first two, I think you should. Don’t worry, they aren’t very long, and this episode will still be here when you’re done. We began our plaid journey by defining plaid - see episode one - and then delving into a very brief history of weaving - see episode two -...

Welcome back to Niche Enough. This is Part II of the Plaid Series. If you haven’t listened to Part I, you should go ahead and do that first. Originally, Part II was going to focus on the Tarim Basin-Hallstatt connection and tease out just which came first, the salt mine or the desert mummies - but instead, that will wait for Part III. I wanted to answer a question left on Part I by Gina (Hi, Aunt...

Hi, I’m Ashleigh and I’m a costume designer, recovering academic and historian. For the last twenty odd years I’ve been immersed in textiles and clothes, designing costumes and working in costume shops around the country and teaching in fashion and costume programs. But now I’m writing words about the things I love most - or saying the words, if you’re listening to the podcast format. Hi. Let me t...