i interviewed you about style back in two thousand and six. Youh've since written a book on glamor and fashion. fabric, textiles, dye, fashion are all driven by the same these innovations in fabric, color, pattern a die,. The opportunity certain colors, they that's played a role all through history. I mea one of the things that is important for us rich moderns to remember is that people didn't wait to be rich to have colorful cloth.
Author and journalist Virginia Postrel talks about her book The Fabric of Civilization and How Textiles Made the World with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Postrel tells the fascinating story behind the clothes we wear and everything that goes into producing them throughout history. The history of textiles, Postrel argues, is a good way of understanding the history of the world.