Recorded live at the Chicago History Museum, “librarian of clothing” Jessica Pushor takes us behind the seams of her exhibition Dressed in History: A Costume Collection Retrospective. On view at the museum until July 27th, 2025, the exhibition celebrates the museum’s incredible 50,000+ fashion and textile collection, but also the many people who have shaped its existence for the past 100 years.
Recommended Listening: Jessica's two-part 2021 Dressed interview about Chicago fashion history can be listened to here and here.
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Dressed: The History of Fashion