Leon was the center of silk making at that time. The silk makers and Leon change patterns every year so that it's obvious if you're wearing last year's silk. Once the noble woman is no longer the only one allowed to wear silk, for instance, if the rich lawyer's wife can also wear silk, then the noble woman has to wear her silk dress in a way that cannot be imitated by the lawyer's wife.
Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Host and producer Avery Trufelman investigates our collectively held beliefs about fashion and explores topics like the intellectual property law behind knockoffs, creation of tartan and the history of plaid, and how a dolls in a rural museum in Washington state saved French haute couture. This new season investigates a style that keeps coming back again and again and again.
Previously part of 99% Invisible, the show is now an independent production and a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.