My Fashion Stories Box Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Did you know the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses? No? They were the post French Revolution fashion influencers, men and women with a certain fashion style, but not only… In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will discover more about them. Together, we will: Understand the historical and political context in which they took part; Analyse their origins and thei...

Send us Fan Mail 2023 is off a flying start with this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box podcast dedicated to the very controversial but so interesting Marie-Antoinette. In this episode, we will:  Learn a bit more about Marie-Antoinette, her family, her life before moving to Versailles and becoming the future last Queen of France. See how Marie-Antoinette started to use fashion to impose hersel...

Send us Fan Mail The heroin of this episode is Catherine of Medici and her inputs to the fashion of her time. Together, we will: Learn a bit more about her, not so easy, life as Queen of France and the black legend around her. Discover a bit more about the Renaissance fashion for women. Go through the main inputs of Catherine of Medici into the Renaissance fashion. See how she is inspiring modern...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I will analyse the last Paris Fashion Week which took place from September 26 to October 4 2022, showcasing the Women’s Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2023 collections. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast: I will axe my analysis to the potential historical inspirations fashion brands and their creative designers might have had. I will explain you...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we will be all Shocking Pink with an episode dedicated to the surrealist Elsa Schiaparelli. In this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast: we will try to understand what made Elsa Schiaparelli, the fashion phenomenon of the 30s.  We will try to know who was Schiap, as she liked to nickname herself,  how she ended up in the fashion industry. We will see the Schiap’s univ...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we will talk about different ways that used to be used in the past to showcase new creations by tailors and designers. Showcasing fashion has always been seen as a priority by fashion creators since the development of a fashion consciousness. Indeed, it was paramount for them to make their outfits reached their customers and they used the means of their times....

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we will talk about the school uniforms, in time for the Back to School period, right? September is usually associated with going back to school for students around the world, after a long summer break. And the clothes they are going to put on for this event is a source of intensive researches in style for students. Just look at the Back to school actions and co...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode will be dedicated to the lace, how it appeared and what made it a luxury. After an intensive course I took this Summer on lace, I got curious about it and decided to dig in a bit deeper.  What is lace? What are the different types of laces you can find?  From where does it come?  What were the first usages of lace and how it became synonymous of luxury and still is...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode will be dedicated to pants and women: a symbol of emancipation. Together, we will discover the backstory of pants, how they became political as a way to break with old regimes and ways of thoughts and the battles women had to fight in order to be allowed to wear them.  At the end of this episode, pants won’t have any secret for you and you will have the tools to de...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode will be dedicated to the French designer Paul Poiret, the man who freed women from their corsets. Together, we will discover who was Paul Poiret, the King of Fashion, his many sources of inspirations, how he changed the Parisian artistic life before the First World War, the woman behind his conception of womanhood and his marketing inventions. We will also try to u...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode will be dedicated to the story of underwears and their journey to become a sexy item. Together, we will look at their origins, when and why people started to wear underwears, the first functions of underwears and the conception of hygiene people had when it came to underwears and why they became sexy. Be ready for some comical stories! Follow me in this new episode...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode will be dedicated to the story of the corset and how this clothing element’s signification went from being an instrument of physical torture and psychological repression to a symbol of erotism. Together, we will dive into the origins of corsets, from outerwear to underwear, the symbolism linked with it, how this simple piece of fabrics and whalebone translated the...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode will be dedicated to a beautiful love declaration in the fashion world: the “Love Brings Love” show which took place on October 2021 at the end of the Paris Fashion Week. 46 designers took part in this tribute show to the late Alber Elbaz. Who was Alber Elbaz and what was his project, the AZ Factory? What was at the origins of this “Love Brings Love” runway show? W...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I will speak about what is considered as the most beautiful day in the life of a woman: her wedding. And I will particularly focus on the wedding dress and its history. When did we start wearing a special dress to celebrate a wedding? Has the wedding dress always been white? Are there any symbols linked with the wedding dress and the accessories we wear with it...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I will review the book “Miss Dior: A story of Courage and Couture” by Justine Picardie, which was published end of 2021 and is available in French and English. Through the story of Catherine Dior, the sister of the famous designer Christian Dior, the author paints the picture of the French society just before the Second World War started, the dark period of the...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode I will speak about a period in time that is particularly dear to me for many reasons: the Roaring 20s. The Magnificent Roaring 20s, the decadent decade which followed the 1st World War and the “Der des Der” (the Last of the Last) as we used to say in French. In this episode I will cover a movement, the Art Deco movement and its influence, among other, on fashion...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode I will speak about one of my favorite fashion items, as well as one of my favorite pattern: the mariniere and the stripes. What are the origins and meaning behind the stripes and how the striped top came from the sailors’ uniform to a basic part of our wardrobe? Listen to this new My Fashion Stories Box Podcast’s episode to learn more about it!  Follow My Fashio...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is dedicated to the AW 2021/22 Istanbul Fashion Week. A great occasion to discover very talented Turkish designers. Due to the pandemic situation, the Fashion Week took place online from April 13-16 2021.  Designers became very creative in the way they presented their collections, inviting us to a journey in space and time, while paying tribute to their heritage. ...

Send us Fan Mail In our today’s episode, I will talk about fast fashion, its definition and its origins from the Industrial Revolution to nowadays. Fashion is the second most polluted industry after oil and gas and is at the origins of many social and environmental issues.  By understanding how fast fashion was born and evolved over time, we can change this practice and our fashion consumption hab...

Send us Fan Mail Books are an inherent part of my life. I literally eat books. And when I can find books mixing fashion and history, I am the happiest on Earth! Especially if the book features quality content and beautiful imagery. Fashion Victims, the dangers of dress past and present by Alison Matthews David is one of these books I had to take with me everywhere to read it and is the first book...

Send us Fan Mail Hi there! And welcome to My Fashion Stories Box podcast! A podcast about stories in fashion history. I’m Catherine and I am so glad to welcome you here! Let’s discover together interesting facts about fashion and history and fashion history.  In our today’s episode, I will talk about some practices people have been using through the ages to wear and pass along their clothing posse...

Send us Fan Mail When you read about fashion history and the birth of the designers, you learn that the first tailor to be recognized as such was Charles Frederick Worth during the 19th century. But, allow me to disagree here and to introduce you to the woman who put the foundations for fashion designers and Parisian Haute Couture, Rose Bertin.  Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram f...

Send us Fan Mail Love & Peace or maybe more Peace & Love and Make love not war. Thus were the slogans of the Hippies in the 70s. But do you know how everything started and the influence it had on fashion? In our today’s podcast, we will travel in time during Summer 1967 also known as The Summer of Love.  Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for visual diaries going along with...

Send us Fan Mail When we say love, we think rings: the wedding ring, the engagement ring. But, what is the meaning of these rings? When did it start and why do we have diamond rings as the supreme proof of love in our modern society? This is what we will be talking about in My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, a podcast about stories in fashion history.  Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagr...

Send us Fan Mail Hi there! And welcome to My Fashion Stories Box podcast! A podcast about stories in fashion history. I’m Catherine and I am so glad to welcome you here!  To celebrate February and the month of love, let’s discover together what people used to offer to each other as a token for their love and affection during the Antiquity and Middle Ages. Follow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on I...