Send us a textHave men always wear pants and women skirts? Has rose always been the color for girls and blue the color for boys? How did people do to know if the person in front of them was a man or a woman? And has gender identification through clothing been always there and important? These are some of the main questions we will try to find answers to in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast.Together we will travel back in time to:Understand how past civilisations used clothing...

Send us a textLes hommes ont-ils toujours porté des pantalons et les femmes des jupes ? Le rose a-t-il toujours été la couleur des filles et le bleu celle des garçons ? Comment faisaient les gens pour savoir si la personne en face d’eux était un homme ou une femme ? Et l’identification du genre à travers les vêtements a-t-elle toujours été présente et importante ? Telles sont quelques-unes des principales questions auxquelles nous tenterons de trouver des réponses dans ce nouvel épisode de My...

Send us a textIl n’est plus nécessaire de présenter Christian Dior et la maison qu'il a créée. Et cet épisode n’est pas une autre biographie du couturier français et de son héritage. Je voulais me concentrer sur un aspect particulier des inspirations de Christian Dior : les fleurs et la manière dont elles ont influencé sa perception de la mode, de la féminité et des silhouettes après la Seconde Guerre mondiale.Dans ce nouvel épisode du Podcast My Fashion Stories Box :Nous examinerons l'enfanc...

Send us a textThere is no need to introduce Christian Dior and the House he created anymore. And this episode is not another biography of the French designer and his legacy. I wanted to focus on one particular aspect of Christian Dior’s inspirations: the flowers and how they influenced his perception of fashion, femininity and silhouettes following the Second World War.In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast :We will look at Christian Dior’s early life, his connections to nature...

Send us a textIt is now an institution, not only in the fashion industry, but in the cultural scene: the first Monday in May takes places the MET Gala. And it is time for My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to put its 50 cents in the analysis and interpretation of this unavoidable event. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast :We will go back to the origins of the MET Gala, its first purposes, its relationships with the Costume Institute and the way it is organised.We will see ...

Send us a textC'est désormais une institution, non seulement dans l'industrie de la mode, mais aussi sur la scène culturelle : le premier lundi de mai a lieu le MET Gala. Et il est temps pour My Fashion Stories Box Podcast de mettre sa pierre à l’édifice dans l’analyse et l’interprétation de cet événement incontournable!Dans ce nouvel épisode du Podcast My Fashion Stories Box :Nous reviendrons sur les origines du MET Gala, ses objectifs premiers, ses relations avec le Costume Institute et la ...

Send us a textThese past months news have been filled with articles on projects of laws, regulations aiming at limiting the consumption of fast fashion items, in the objective to counterbalance their negative impacts on the environment and the acceleration of the climate change crisis. This tendency gave me the will to investigate the past to see if this process of consumption control was specific to our modern society or if, on the contrary, there have already been examples of laws, edicts s...

Send us a textCes derniers mois, l’actualité regorge d’articles sur des projets de lois, des réglementations visant à limiter la consommation de produits issus de l’industrie de la fast fashion afin de contrecarrer leurs impacts négatifs sur l’environnement et l’accélération de la crise climatique. Cette tendance m’a donné envie de regarder dans le passé pour voir si ce processus de contrôle de la consommation était particulier aux défis de notre société moderne ou si, au contraire, il y a dé...

Send us a textI decided to dedicate this new episode to a personality from the jewelry world whose life could have inspired a novel: Jeanne Toussaint, also known as the Panther of Cartier.Who is Jeanne Toussaint ? Where does she come from ? And her unhappy love stories… How did she start working for Cartier ? What are her main contributions ? These are some of the main questions we will cover together on the woman who counted as her friends the unmissable Coco Chanel and who li...

Send us a textPour ce nouvel épisode de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, j’ai choisi une personnalité du monde de la joaillerie à la vie digne d’un roman : Jeanne Toussaint, surnommée la Panthère de Cartier.Qui est Jeanne Toussaint ? D’où vient-elle ? Ses histoires d’amour malheureuses.Comment a-t-elle commencé à travailler pour Cartier ?Quelles sont ses principales contributions ?Telles sont les questions principales auxquelles je vais tenter de répondre sur celle qui comptait parmi ses amies...

Send us a textWelcome to My Fashion Stories Box Podcast’s Season 4! Starting from now on, the episodes will be available in English and in French. To start this new cycle, we will talk about the local Touraine headdress. I, myself, was born in the city of Tours and my family has been living in the Touraine region for some generations, and it became an evidence for me to dedicate some times researching this fashion item. To share the first results of my researches dedicated to the origins of t...

Send us a textBienvenus dans le premier épisode en français de My Fashion Stories Box Podcast! Dorénavant, les épisodes seront disponibles en français et en anglaise. Pour inaugurer ce nouveau cycle, les histoires de mode parleront de la coiffe tourangelle. Originaire de la Touraine, j’ai organisé le 24 novembre 2023 une conférence-exposition intitulée “Les Coiffes tourangelles – Aux origines” avec l’association Histoire et Patrimoine de Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais. Ce fut l’occasion pour mo...

Send us a textIn this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will talk about Gabrielle Chanel, the woman who didn’t want to dress as the others. We will talk about:Her personalityHer timeAnd, how all these influenced the fashion she created.Follow me in this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast to understand the behind the scenes which transformed Gabrielle Chanel into Coco and Mademoiselle, the free spirit of the fashion industry. To go further: "The Allure of Chanel...

Send us a textIn this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will travel back in time to the Middle Ages and, more precisely, to the 12th century. Why this century more than another? Well, because, this is the century of the “fin’amor”, l’amour courtois or courtly love.What is the fin’amor, or courtly love?How did the 12th century society look like?And, more precisely, how did people dress during this century of courtly love? These are some of the main questions we will try to...

Send us a textToday’s episode will be dedicated to the 70s fashion, the Flower Power, the Hippies and their influence on the fashion styles of this decade not like any other.In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will try to answer the following questions about the Hippies:Who were the Hippies?What were their demands?How did their messages translate into their lifestyle and fashion style?What legacy did they leave?At the end of this episode, you will have a better understan...

Send us a textDid you know the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses? No? They were the post French Revolution fashion influencers, men and women with a certain fashion style, but not only… In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast, we will discover more about them. Together, we will:Understand the historical and political context in which they took part;Analyse their origins and their lifestyle;Decifer the messages they wanted to communicate through their experimentation in clothes a...

Send us a text2023 is off a flying start with this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box podcast dedicated to the very controversial but so interesting Marie-Antoinette. In this episode, we will: Learn a bit more about Marie-Antoinette, her family, her life before moving to Versailles and becoming the future last Queen of France.See how Marie-Antoinette started to use fashion to impose herself and the many controversies her different styles created.Look at her legacy in fashion and haute...

Send us a textThe heroin of this episode is Catherine of Medici and her inputs to the fashion of her time. Together, we will:Learn a bit more about her, not so easy, life as Queen of France and the black legend around her.Discover a bit more about the Renaissance fashion for women.Go through the main inputs of Catherine of Medici into the Renaissance fashion.See how she is inspiring modern days designers. Happy listening!CatherineFollow My Fashion Stories Box Podcast on Instagram for vis...

Send us a textIn today’s episode, I will analyse the last Paris Fashion Week which took place from September 26 to October 4 2022, showcasing the Women’s Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2023 collections. In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast:I will axe my analysis to the potential historical inspirations fashion brands and their creative designers might have had.I will explain you the analysis methodology I used for this.I will share with you my general impressions about the Paris...

Send us a textToday, we will be all Shocking Pink with an episode dedicated to the surrealist Elsa Schiaparelli.In this episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast:we will try to understand what made Elsa Schiaparelli, the fashion phenomenon of the 30s. We will try to know who was Schiap, as she liked to nickname herself, how she ended up in the fashion industry.We will see the Schiap’s universe, what made her different from the other big designer of that time, Coco Chanel.We will loo...