In this episode, your hosts interview Efrat Assaf-Shapira and Diasy Raccah-Djivre, two of the curators of the exhibition "Fashion Statements - Decoding Israeli Dress" that has been on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem for the past year. Efrat and Daisy (who joins for some of the interview) have a conversation with us about the exhibition and fashion identity, particularly its ties to sociopolitical context, multiculturalism, and nostalgia.   The "Fashion Statements" exhibition is the...

In this episode, your hosts interview Leslie Gutstein, who is a wardrobe consultant and the owner of an online boutique called Atarie that focusses on modest fashion. Leslie joins us for a conversation about the rise of modest fashion, the influence of social media, and representation.   Leslie identifies as an Orthodox Jew and dresses in accordance to Jewish law, which led her to create a modest fashion platform to inspire other women. As a busy mom to four kids, Leslie not only runs her...

In this episode, your hosts interview internationally recognised fashion designer Tamara Yovel Jones. Tamara discusses the pressures of the fashion industry, creativity in fashion today, and the difficulties that come with combining creativity and business, within the context of a discussion on mental health in the fashion industry.   Tamara has a long-standing relationship with the house of Roberto Cavalli, where she served as the head of its design studio and fashion design supervisor,...

In this episode, your hosts interview Dr Carolyn Mair, who created and led the world's first Masters and Bachelors programmes to apply psychology within the broad context of fashion at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Carolyn discusses what led her to create these academic programmes, why psychology and fashion need to be examined together, and the issues within the fashion industry that she is interested in addressing through psychology.   Carolyn is the founder...

In this episode, your hosts discuss the psychology behind shopping, and what it is that influences us to make the purchasing decisions that we do. The discussion touches on:  the psychology of decision-making, the mental shortcuts and emotions that can guide our shopping decisions, the biases in our thoughts and decisions that these shortcuts and emotions can create, and how to combat these biases to ensure we're making the shopping purchases we want to make.   Thanks for listening! We'd love...

In this episode, your hosts interview John Cowell, a textile artist who has worked in television, theatre and film for the past four decades. He has worked on projects such as Gangs of New York, Cinderella (the 2017 edition), The Crown, The Other Boleyn Girl, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, and Game of Thrones. He most recently worked on Mary Poppins Returns, which is being released this December.   John discusses what textile design involves, the influence of textile and costume design on the...

In this episode, your hosts interview Catriona Tassel, an expert on sustainability in fashion, about enclothed cognition. Catriona is a graduate of the London College of Fashion, who has collaborated with Kering and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, and is a sustainable fashion leader for the Copenhagen Youth Fashion Summit. Enclothed cognition describes the influence the clothes you wear have on your psychological processes. It was the first scientific research to show just how important...

In the first episode, your hosts introduce the intersection between psychology and fashion, why this matters, and why you should be interested. This episode covers: What is psychology? Why do we want to analyse fashion from a psychological perspective? Who on earth are your hosts, Megan and Eden? What is the point of this podcast? And what topics will future episodes cover? Thanks for listening! We’d love to hear from you. Follow us on Instagram: @undressingfashion Find us on Facebook:...