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Eat your greens and black eyed peas, make your champagne or whiskey toasts and enjoy some fireworks. The New Year brings with it many traditions, and in many parts of the world that includes wearing red underwear for luck. Tune in to delve into the origins of this tradition and why a little piece of red fabric carries such a huge and varied history!

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Resources:

Boucher, Francois. A History of Costume in the West. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Bruna, Denis ed. Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette. New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2015.

Butler-Greenfield, Amy. A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.

Chenciner, Robert. Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade. Richmond: Curzon Caucasus World, 2000.

Harrington, Cora. In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2018.

Hill, Colleen. Exposed: A History of Lingerie. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014.