German Fashion History Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Weimar Fashion: Made in Germany Ep. 6 - Special Announcement
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the Prussian Royal Court to ’20s Berlin RTW, listen for small sampling of what’s to come and a special announcement.
Made in Germany: Weimar Fashion Ep. 5
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Come dream your wildest phantasmagoric dreams of fashion in this episode where we explore the storied allure of the display window and Berlin departme...
Weimar Fashion: Made in Germany Ep. 4
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Explore a fresh take on the story of fashion journalism and women like Johanna Thal, Helen Grund, and Lily von Nagy, who became the voice of style for...
Weimar Fashion: Made in Germany Ep. 3
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Escape with me as I explore the scintillating world of fashion & Weimar film. From, Metropolis, to the Konfektions Komodie and the Silent Era catwalk,...
Weimar Fashion: Made in Germany Ep. 2
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the street style of sex workers, Irmgard Keun's The Artificial Silk Girl, to the birth of the "Neue Frau" & flapper, explore the grit & glamor of...
Weimar Fashion: Made in Germany Ep. 1
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Explores the many social, political, and economic currents that laid the foundation for this iconic zeitgeist. From revolutionary artists and movement...
FINALE--Supersized: Denim on Demand/in Demand––the Story of Jeans in the GDR.
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From plagiarised Levi's to the GDR's own designer-label denim, explore the contentious history of all things jeans and their coveted status. For epis...
BONUS: Putting the Krampus Back into Christmas
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discover lore and life of Krampus from his Germanic pagan origins to his celebratory presence today. This episode covers: Krampus, Krampuslauf (Krampu...
Das ist Punk: DIY, Punk and the Black Market Fashion Economy-PT 2
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explores the GDR’s underground fashion scene, Chic Charmant & Dauerhaft, Allerleirauh, Sibylle Bergemann, Sven Marquardt, Ute Mahler, Dorothea Melis...
Das ist Punk: DIY, Punk & the black market fashion economy—PT 1
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explores DIY, home sewing, Punk subculture, the black market fashion economy
Gespenster der DDR - A Halloween Special
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From East Germany’s haunted hospitals to Sarah Khan’s “Séance with the Stasi”, discover a more spectral side of the GDR
Fake It Til You Make It: Synthetic Fabrics, Weaving a National Identity
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores: the East German textile industry, synthetic fiber production, Malimo, Dederon & Praesent 20, fashion, DIY, 60s fashion fads...
Whose Bauhaus Is It Anyway? Fashion & Architecture Part 2
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores: socialist modernism in Germany, East German fashion photography, Arno Fischer, Günter Rössler, Berlin architecture, ’70s DI...
Whose Bauhaus Is It Anyway? Fashion & Architecture Part 1
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores: Post War Germany & the Bauhaus, Political Tensions & Contested Definitions of Modernism—East be West, East German Int...
Season 2 Trailer - Mark Your Cals for Friday, September 4
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a brand. spanking. new. season where we’ll dive deep into the world of fashion in the German Democratic Republic. While last season wa...
Got a Haute Minute? Weekend Reads: Sozialistische Moderne/ Socialist Modernism in Germany
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Take a tour of the GDR’s most-celebrated architectural monuments, stroll through the beautiful austerity of its abandoned buildings and listen to my...
FINALE--Eighties Ragers of Fringe Fashion & Perestroika–PT 2
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Perestroika to the provocative fashion photography of Sven Marquardt and the fall of the Berlin Wall, it's time to bid your goodbyes to fashion i...
Eighties Ragers of Fringe Fashion & the People’s Patterns–PT 1
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From underground fashion collectives like CCD (Chic, Charmant & Dauerhaft) to Sibylle under scrutiny, step into this 80s throwback. Click here for...
Weekend Reads: Mode Fotografie Underground DDR 1979-1989/ Fashion, Photography, Underground 1978-89
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From punk, queer and counterculture to fashion photography explore the visual activists & creative collectives of East Germany who saw sartorial e...
Seventies Dreams of Denim & DIY—PT 2
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the GDR’s newly branded “Wisent” , “Boxer”, and “Goldfuchs” denim jeans, Sibylle’s escapist editorials to the Stasi’s efforts i...
Seventies Dreams of Denim & DIY—PT 1
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From paper dresses, Erich Honecker’s rise to the romanticized eye of Sibylle Bergemann, discover the new voices of fashion. 1971–1975
Got a Haute Minute? Weekend Reads: Off the Wall: Fashion from East Germany 1964–1980
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS Episode Reviewing Off the Wall: Fashion from East Germany 1964–1980, Bloomsbury 2005. Images to accompany this episode can be found here.
The Sixties, Sibylle & the Berlin Wall--Part II
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore the latter half of the state of ‘60s fashion in East Germany from the tumultuous times at Exquisit to the politicized fashion image at Sibyl...
Got a Haute Minute? Weekend Reads: Sibylle 1956–1995
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS Episode Reviewing the exhibition catalogue, Sibylle: Zeitschrift für Mode und Kultur 1956–1995. Andreas Krase et al. Hartman Books, 2017. Ima...
The Sixties, Sibylle & the Berlin Wall—PT 1
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore fashion behind the Berlin Wall and Sibylle’s elegant restraint with a bold new vision—1961–1966. For featured editorials from the episod...
Fifties Fashion, GDR Style PT II
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explores the early years of the GDR’s predominant fashion magazine Sibylle, Berlin Fashion Week & more from 1956–1960. For images & additi...
Got a Haute Minute? Weekend Reads: Fashion East, by Djurdja Bartlett
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS Episode Reviewing Djurdja Bartlett’s Fashion East: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism. MIT Press
Fifties Fashion, GDR Style PT I
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explores early beginnings of the East German fashion industry & influences from the West. For images and references to this episode, click here.&n...
Got a Haute Minute? Weekend Reads: Fashioning Socialism by Judd Stitziel
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS Episode Reviewing Judd Stitziel’s Fashioning Socialism: Clothing , Politics and Consumer Culture in East Germany. Berg Publishers.
A Fashion Framework: Postwar Germany, the Flickenkleid & the Formation of the GDR
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our very first episode as we delve into the state of postwar Germany, its manifestations in fashion & the origins of the German Democra...
Season 1 Trailer
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the East German Fashion History Podcast. This is an English-speaking podcast dedicated to better understanding the fashion culture of the G...