A few friends/coworkers of mine love the podcast 99 Percent Invisible and used to talk about it all the time back when I was in the office. As an offshoot of that podcast is a clothing-related podcast with a different host, Avery Trufelman. On a recent episode, she talks about the history of the suit, interviewing Derek Guy who writes Die, Workwear! (my favorite menswear blog) as well as G. Bruce Boyer who has a long history of writing on menswear as well. I enjoyed hearing Derek’s voice, because nobody knows what he looks like so hearing what he sounds like is a good second-best. :D
It’s got the same vibe as 99 Percent Invisible, which is hosted by Roman Mars, so if you like that style, this will feel familiar. If you don’t like that style (like me), it’s worth powering through the aspects you don’t like because she synthesizes the story behind the suit well and it’s interesting to hear (even if you’re familiar with the story already).
Listen to the episode on their website here or on Apple podcasts here.
A description of the podcast from their website:
Articles of Interest is a limited-run podcast series about fashion, housed inside the design and architecture podcast 99% Invisible. Launched in 2018, the show encourages people to rethink the way we look at what we wear and what it says about us.
