Dressed: The School of Fashion
After eight seasons and more than 550 episodes of the podcast, we are excited to offer the chance to continue your fashion history education with our live, online course offerings with Dressed: The School of Fashion.
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Hard Chic: The House of Schiaparelli
Sundays, 1pm EST
January 4 & 11, 2026
In this two-session online course, we will explore the life, work and legacy of one of the fashion world's most original voices: Elsa Schiaparelli, who's unique brand of "hard chic" has been pushing boundaries and unapologetically reinventing fashion since the late 1920s.
What Women Wore to the Revolution, 1770s to 1840s
Sundays, 12pm EST
January 18th to February 8th, 2026
This four-part course traces the evolution and revolution of Euro-American women’s fashion from the 1770s to the 1840s through the lens of three of history’s most iconic figures: Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Jane Austen (1775-1817), and a young Queen Victoria (1819-1901).
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The 1950s Golden Age of Haute Couture
Christian Dior himself described the period immediately following WWII as a “golden age” of fashion and culture.
In this two-part class, we take you behind the seams of France's legendary haute couture industry to meet the moment, makers and models that defined one of the most iconic eras
in fashion history.
What Women Wore to the Revolution: 1850s-1920s
From the 19th to the 20th century, women’s lives changed dramatically—and so too did the clothing they wore. In part one of this two-part series, we will meet some of the innovators and innovations responsible for the revolutionary changes sweeping through women’s fashion during the years
1850 and 1929.
THE GREAT DESIGNERS SERIES: Euro-American Fashion's Innovators and Icons, Part I
Euro-American Fashion's Innovators and Icons is the first course offering from our ongoing Great Designers Series. Euro-American Fashion's Innovators and Icons, Part I is taught by Dressed co-founder and host April Calahan and covers a selection of fashion's great makers working between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Structured in two parts, Euro-American Fashion's Innovators and Icons will introduce us to influential designers who have shaped the world as we wear it. We will hear their life stories, share in their successes (and scandals!) and learn to visually identify the design elements characteristic of their work.
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The 1960s Youthquake Fashion Revolution
Join fashion historian Cassidy Zachary for an immersive journey into the "Youthquake" fashion revolution of the 1960s, one of the most exciting and rebellious periods in the history of women's (and men's!) fashion. In an era defined by sweeping political, societal, and cultural change, so too were established sartorial conventions shattered at the hands of young people hoping to transform the world. The 1960s witnessed the rise of hemlines, fast fashion, boutique culture, and radical self expression. The hippie counter culture defied the dressed gender binary, Black models and designers redefined the face of fashion, and a new generation of young ready-to-wear designers overthrew the century long reign of the Parisian haute couture. By the end of the decade the world was changed and so too was women's fashion.