Season 1 Episode 9: Fashion Plates
Hosted By Vanessa Warne, Jessie Krahn, and Anne Hung
With Guests Tania Duclos, Anne Bissonette, and Inés Bonacossa
In this episode, we re-engage with the world of fashion. We'll consider some emotional and social dimensions of Victorian-era style, and we’ll welcome three guests to help us with that task.
Transcript
Read a complete transcript of the episode here!
Transcript created by Natalie LoVetri.
References & Resources
Learn more about Tania Duclos’ work.
Read Honore De Balzac’s Gaudissart II via EBalzac or …
Read an English translation from Project Gutenberg.
Learn more about Anne Bissonette’s work.
Explore the exhibit “Innerwear: Liminal Dressing 1820-2020” at the Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Museum.
Read an abstract of Anne Bissonette’s "Victorian Tea Gowns: A Case of High Fashion Experimentation." Dress 44, no. 1 (2018): 1-26.
To hear more from Inés Bonacossa on the Dalnavert Museum’s collection, check out the video series “My Favourite Things with Inés Bonacossa.”
And take a virtual tour of Dalnavert Museum!
Try your hand at making a hair wreath and take a video tour of the Seven Oaks House Museum with the Crafting Communities’ Hair Art Tutorial.
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.
Hair Collector; Collection of Dalnavert Museum & Visitors’ Centre.