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My Beautiful Radium - Glow in the Dark Halloween Special

My Beautiful Radium - Glow in the Dark Halloween Special

FromDress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing Up


My Beautiful Radium - Glow in the Dark Halloween Special

FromDress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing Up

ratings:
Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Join Lucy and Ben for an exploration of fashion's eternal fascination with Glow in the Dark. From the heart-wrenching story of the Radium Girls in the 1920s to neon nights in the 1990s' rave scene, this is a halloween episode like no other. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram Follow @benjamin__wild on Instagram Lucy Jane Santos' website Lucy Jane Santos' Museum of Radium Lucy's newsletter Lucy's book – Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium Asos pulls belts in radioactive scare The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, Deborah Blum The Innocence of Radium, Lavinia Greenlaw Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado-Perez Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present, Alison Matthews David *Quicksand*, Henning Mankell *The Radium Girls They Paid With Their Lives, Their Final Fight Was for Justice*, Kate Moore
Released:
Oct 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A smart, playful and interrogative take on contemporary fashion and its context – weaving together sartorial and social history to tell powerful, surprising stories of identity. Hosted by Lucy Clayton together with a selection of special guests including designers, artists, writers, activists, academics and of course, the dresser uppers themselves, this show explores the way we dress in all its creative, sequinned and chaotic glory.