In the last episode I try to imagine the form in which the craft of embroidery will persevere in Switzerland.

Link:

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair

⁠https://www.sustainablefashionweek.uk/opinion/the-golden-thread⁠

Music in this episode was taken from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.

In this episode I address the link between embroidery and the plague of fast fashion.

Links:

Why fast-fashion garment workers' lives are still at risk ⁠https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/why-fast-fashion-garment-workers-lives-are-still-at-risk-transcript-1.7120894⁠

Shirtwaist Factory Fire Episode on Dressed: The History of Fashion Podcast ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sweatshops-and-shirtwaists-remembering-the/id1350850605?i=1000649944856⁠

Music used in this episode was taken from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.

After the Second World War, interest in embroidery declined across Europe and the United States. In response, entrepreneurs began seeking new revenue streams. One such "stream" was West Africa.

Links to media mentioned in the episode:

STOFF - Ein Spitzengeschäft Film

⁠https://filminstitut.at/filme/stoff-ein-spitzengeschaeft⁠

Forget Me Not Book by Stephanie Baechler

⁠https://www.stephaniebaechler.com/books/forget-me-not-vergissmeinnicht/⁠

How French Fashion Emerged even More Decadently from the Guillotined ⁠https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/01/20/how-french-fashion-emerged-even-more-⁠

Clothed in the Vapors of Dawn: The Rise and Fall of Dhaka Muslin ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/37eo89vyiFAa978ZoDblYt⁠

The ancient fabric that noone knows how to make BBC article

⁠https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make⁠

Historical Document with Swiss Wages in 1908

⁠https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/archive_008.pdf⁠

Music: Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound