Season 1 Episode 7: All Dressed Up

Hosted By Vanessa Warne, Jessie Krahn, and Anne Hung

With Guests Manon Gaudet, Kristen Guest, and Sabrina Mark

In this episode, we discuss the creation, perception, and cultural significance of Victorian-era clothing. 

Transcript

Read a complete transcript of the episode here!

Transcript created by Natalie LoVetri.

References & Resources

Learn more about Manon Gaudet’s research.

Explore the Yale Art Gallery’s Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art exhibit.

Make a virtual visit to Stripes and Stars: Reclaiming Lakota Independence at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Learn more about Kristen Guest’s research.

Read an abstract of Kirsten Guest’s article on class identity and the plain-clothes detective.

Take a closer look at the mid-Victorian police uniform in this 1872 photograph.

View Sabrina Mark’s 1895 outfit, described in the episode, here.

Check out Sabrina Mark’s historical costuming blog, MapleJade Creations.

Experiment with eyelet embroidery with Sabrina Mark’s Broderie Anglaise tutorial, created for the Crafting Communities project.

Victorian Samplings was recorded and produced on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN speaking communities of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, and on Treaty One Territory, traditional Land of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples and homeland of the Métis Nation.


Our podcast theme is “Happy Jazzy Ragtime Piano” by Praded, licensed by AudioJungle; our podcast stinger was made and donated by Brandon Christopher.

Straw boater hat made and trimmed by Sabrina Mark.

Victorian Samplings