Ep. 85 - The Politics of Dress, Pt. 1 ft. Hannah Linsky

BrownTown invites Hannah Linsky (she/her), vintage stylist,
seller, educator, and liver and breather of all things fashion to
unpack the politics of dress. The friends use their experiences
with clothing and fashion growing up to dissect the often
overlooked yet important cultural artifact. As an everyday window
into individual and collective beliefs and values, the limitless
expression of how we adorn our bodies is a site for discussion
around gender and patriarchy; sustainability, labor, and
capitalism; and much more. The politics of dress communicate
praxis of power and hierarchy yet offer an opportunity for
resistance and decolonization. Listen to Episode 89, Part 2!


Full Transcription Here!


GUEST
Hannah Linsky is a vintage stylist, seller, occasional model and
avid collector. She lives and breathes fashion and loves playing
dress up almost as much as she loves talking fashion. She is a
recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
where she earned her Master’s in Art Education. Her work
Revolutionary Dress centers around examining historical movements
through the lens of dress.


Rev Dress (site, Instagram) looks
at the ways dress has been used as a strategic tool of resistance
and revolution, across countries, cultures, and communities from
the past and today. Dress is an important and often overlooked
cultural artifact, a window into so many aspects of human life
and behavior. Studying what people wore can help us understand
their daily experiences, beliefs, values, social structures and
so much more. We can use what we’ve learned about past people and
movements to inform our choices today, and better recognize how
our dress can be one tool amongst many in our collective, ongoing
fight toward liberation.


Mentioned in episode:


TRAP House Chicago

Shein controversy (1, 2, 3)

SoapBox and Demand Justice clothing collaborations



 


Hannah's recs on accounts and people to follow:


Hoda Katebi -- fashion, politics, abolition, Chicago/East Bay

Alokvmenon -- Degendering fashion, queering fashion

Aja Barber --  Intersectional sustainability and
politics

Dressing Dykes -- Lesbian fashion history

The Slow Factory -- Intersectional sustainability and
politics

The Zay Initiative -- The Art of Arab Dress

Clothes Horse Podcast -- The podcast that loves clothes
but hates capitalism!



 


CREDITS: Intro soundbite from Alokvmenon and
outro music Wu Wear: The Garment Renaissance by the RZA
ft. Method Man & Cappadonna. Audio engineered by Kiera
Battles. Episode photo by Hannah Linsky.


 


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