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Disney UndressedAuthor: disneyundressed
Disney Undressed explores the magic of costuming in Disney movies, media, and parks and its influence on fashion around the world. Join host Marley Healy and a cavalcade of experts and enthusiasts to dissect the dresses, scrutinize the suits, and simply consider the clothes that dress up (or down) and deck out your favorite Disney characters! Well examine everything from ballgowns to buttonholes and pleats to princess skirts across the many costumes of Disney films, parks, and other media. Join me for an entertaining and stylish excursion into the wonderful world of fashion and Disney! Language: en Genres: Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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It Suits You: Fashioning masculinity in Disney animation with Dr. Chloe Chapin
Tuesday, 26 May, 2026
"Silk suit, black tie..." you don't need a reason why! Not when it comes to joining me for another episode of Disney Undressed! This time I'm chatting with fashion historian Dr. Chloe Chapin about suits and the real historical references and social commentary behind some of Disney's "manly men." Find out why EVERYONE "is crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man" and join us as we get into Prince Eric's pantaloons, George Washington's pant problems, and talk about her new book Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men.Dr. Chloe Chapin is a costume designer, artist, and fashion historian. She has a MFA in costume design from the Yale School of Drama, an MA in fashion and textile studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and a PhD in American Studies from Harvard University. As a costume designer for over twenty years, Chloe worked on Broadway musicals, opera, Shakespeare, contemporary plays, and downtown experimental dance theater. She has taught at FIT, Parsons, Reed College, and Harvard. Chloe has been a Fulbright Scholar and has held research fellowships at the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, Monticello, the Huntington, and the American Antiquarian Society. She works at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, MA. Her first book, Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men, comes out with Oxford University Press on June 1, 2026. Her book investigates the materiality, manufacture, and meaning behind men’s suits between the American Revolution and the Civil War, and examines the impact of the symbolism of suits on the modern world.Copies of Chloe's book Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Refashioning of Modern Men is published by oxford University Press and are available June 1, 2026.
