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Latino USA

The Little Black Dress: A Hidden History

Mar 23, 2025
35:07

Before it was the classic dress we all know and many still love today, the little black dress was mostly worn by working-class shopgirls and domestics. Monica Morales-Garcia began to research the origins of the L.B.D. to answer: How had so much changed, yet so much had stayed the same? Listen as Monica walks us through the decline of an industry and the rise of a garment.

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This episode originally aired in 2022.

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