Hope and Jackie are here with some updates and they def recorded this after a night of country dancing so you've been warned. After providing some personal updates, they reminisce about the first season of Avant Gossip, which is basically the s

Introducing: Avant Gossip!!!!!

Nov 8th, 2023 1m 2s

Hope and Jackie have a new podcast called Avant Gossip. It's basically the same thing, but we wanted a fresh start and a name that encompasses what we do: read about art, fashion, design, and culture and talk about it (ie discuss meaning, dish

We Back!

Sep 21st, 2023 23m 40s

Hope and Jackie are back and recording, but this is just a taste. We are in transition faze and so very exhausted. We have been working hard for season two, while also somehow not doing much at all. So give us a break, ok! :)We will be rebra

The MOMA Genesis

Jun 24th, 2023 1h 32m

What did it take to bring modern art to the US? A guy named Alfred Barr Jr., some rich broads, and Picasso finally realizing he hated war. Thus, the Museum of Modern Art was born.Also, we are switching to a seasonal schedule to check out our

Invasion of Modern Art: The John Quinn Story

Jun 10th, 2023 2h 2m

Jackie and Hope gossip about modern art coming to the US. First off, some hot piece of turn of the century New York lawyer fuck boi ass got really into modern art. Second off, he almost pulled it off. This is our retelling of how he tried to ma

Vivienne Westwood: Pirates, Harris Tweed, and Portrait

May 25th, 2023 1h 4m

Vivienne Westwood's runway collections in the 80s and 90s erupted from her research into and obsession with British and French aristocracy. Her belief that culture has waned since the revolutionary era leaps off the runway once you're looking f

Vivienne Westwood: Anglomania and Saving the World

May 12th, 2023 1h 33m

Buckle up cause this is a jam packed trip. Jackie and Hope cover tid bits of her blossoming into the fashion designer that shaped her career and legacy. From the break up with Malcolm to her environmentalist protesting days, we got it covered.

Vivienne Westwood and the Roots of Punk

Apr 27th, 2023 1h 6m

Vivienne Westwood is a fashion designer who was known for drawing from historical influences and sending messages with her designs. She got her start within the punk scene, brought parody of British royalty into her runways designs, and later b

Welp, This Had to Happen at Some Point

Apr 14th, 2023 20m 22s

Hope and Jackie check in with a quick What's Trending and a plea for some feedback to keep them going down this long winding road called having a podcast. We have been busy toiling away preparing for our new and improved Vivienne Westwood serie

Slut Fashion

Mar 31st, 2023 1h 3m

Hope and Jackie get into bed with fashion history. This episode got it's interesting points on how sex work has impacted the fashion world over time. *Spoiler alert* Sex workers were typically the ones with the cutting edge trends, now and in A

Rhinestone Nudie Suits and the Queering of Country Music

Mar 16th, 2023 1h 11m

They're sparkly, they're colorful, they bear images of palm trees and wagon wheels - so why were they worn by dudes who claim to be more interested in race cars than music? Hope and Jackie dissect the meaning of Nudie Suits, sewn for country mu

Poly Styrene and Dayglow: Energy turned to Screaming Color

Mar 2nd, 2023 1h 5m

Hope and Jackie are back at it again, returning with some ear hole goodness. This time we discuss fashion icon, punk musician, and writer Poly Styrene. She wore a highlighter color scheme that interlaced with her sound, poetry, and art. Her fas

Chromophobia and the Truth about Plato

Feb 18th, 2023 1h 21m

Hope and Jackie are back with a full spectrum take on David Batchelor's book Chromophobia and the conversation around the disappearance of color from our world. It's a topic that touches everything from minimalism to Bauhaus, Beige Moms to the

Lee Miller: WWII, Farming, and Norwegian Cooking (Pt 2)

Feb 3rd, 2023 1h 10m

First off, her son who wrote her biography, knows way too much about her sex life. Or are we being to judgey? Second off, Lee Miller is known not only to be war correspondent for Vogue during WWII, she also was the world renown chef for some of

Lee Miller Part II: WW2, the farm life, and Norwegian cooking

Feb 2nd, 2023 1h 11m

Listen in for all the juicy, juicy, tid bits about Lee Miller's fun life. Her son wrote this biography on her, and knows too much about her sex life, IMO.

Surrealist Muse, Vogue Photographer, and Tortured Taurus: Lee Miller (Pt 1)

Jan 19th, 2023 1h 1m

Hope and Jackie have fallen for Lee Miller (1907-1977), an iconic 1920s Vogue model, surrealist photographer, and champion of the sad girl aesthetic. Did she meet Conde Nast on the street after almost running into traffic? Was her relationship

Marxist Fashion Predictions 2023 *updated*

Jan 7th, 2023 1h 26m

Jackie got off her meds for a few weeks, and while high on a slight tinge of manic, got to writing on this episode. It's a jam packed episode - we go over last year trends, including indie sleaze and cottage core and then take a peak forward to

Marxist Fashion Predictions 2023

Jan 6th, 2023 2h 9m

Jackie got off her meds for a few weeks and wrote this jam packed episode. She and Hope go over last year’s trends, including indie sleaze and cottage core and then take a peak forward to see what to expect for the year of 2023.Citations:We

Seattle and the Antifashion of it All

Dec 21st, 2022 1h 11m

It started with some click bait from The Stranger, touting Seattle as the antifashion capital of the world. Hope and Jackie, famously unenthused by Seattle's relentless dependence on outdoor wear, nevertheless had to set the record straight abo

Edward Enninful Part 3: the Vogue era

Dec 8th, 2022 1h 10m

Hope and Jackie cover the final episode on Edward Enninful's A Visible Man and it's a doozy. More bad Italian accents and Kate Moss anecdotes. There is even a part where Kate Moss sings to him in front of a bunch of people, then give's Edward

Edward Enninful Part 2: Rising through the Ranks of the 90s Fashion World

Nov 25th, 2022 1h 21m

Hope and Jackie continue to recap A Visible Man by Edward Enninful, featuring anecdotes about Kate Moss and very sad attempts at Italian accents.We're socialists, so follow us on our socials! @fashismpod on Instagram and TikTokEmail us at f

Edward Enninful Part 1: The Younger Years, From Ghana to London to i-D

Nov 11th, 2022 1h 10m

We are starting our Edward Enninful deep dive!We read A Visible Man by Edward Enninful, hot off the press. Then we discuss are parties still happening? Jackie says no, Hope disagrees. Listen in!!We're socialists, so follow us on our socials

Harajuku, According to Some French Philoshophers

Oct 28th, 2022 1h 55m

Jackie and Hope are dissecting Power Play and Performance in Harajuku, an article by writer, art historian, and baby bangs icon Amelia Groom. It's basically a who's who of fashion theory and philosophy so get ready to chew on some ideas from Ro

Why We’re Corset Apologists

Oct 14th, 2022 1h 21m

Hello, we’re getting into the corset and all it's makings. Listen in for how children are like trees and how quotes have been on underwear for a very long time. The Corset; the Cultural History by Valerie Steele is who we referenced. We're so

The Panopticon and the September Issue

Sep 29th, 2022 1h 25m

They're back, with more vocal fry than ever! If you thought the title was something clever, it's not, it's exactly what the episode is about! Hope and Jackie watch the 2009 documentary The September Issue, which features Anna Wintour, Grace Cod