Sophie Tanhauser is the author of Worn, a People's History of Clothing. She says trends can be vicious and they can be a weapon of mass consumer culture. But as much as I would like to accuse trends of being a byproduct of capitalism, she thinks trends are larger than that. The way trends happened in junior high wasn't fun, it was just survival.
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.