Introduction

Dressed, the History of Fashion is a podcast where we explore the who, what, when, of why we wear. Wear your hosts and fashion historians, April Callahan and Cassidy Zachary. We're going to talk about how people's perception of the ideal body type shifts over time. But before we get to that, we're going to share a little poem that provides some insight into the extreme measures women have historically taken to craft their physical forms.