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This episode explores the significant contributions of lesbians to the world of fashion throughout history.

For early access to episodes and bonus content, join our Patreon . Our community awaits with legs open and lips parted 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos – HAVE YOU HEARD OF FASHION? HAVE YOU HEARD OF LESBIANS? Well then, this might be the episode for you. Now, we all know lesbians can chop wood and bring order to almost any situation – that is why they are so highly paid, and why I, personally, feel subservient to them. #GayRights And yet, despite their near-total domination of the world order (and my life), fashion is not one of the accomplishments we typically associate with our lesbian overlords. This is bigoted and historically wrong, because many lesbian women helped invent Fashion. Some of the most notorious lesbian and bisexual women over the last 500 years were known for their bold fashion choices, from King Christina's equestrian menswear to Anne Lister's combinations of lace bonnets and lordly overcoats. (If one is going to extract coal from one's lands, one must always serve cunt.) In the last two centuries, in particular, lesbians got even more experimental. The Sapphic revival in the Victorian Era brought Grecian fabrics to prewar England and France, while the…

People in this episode

Host: Sebastian Hendra

Guest: Ellie Medhurst

Topics covered

• lesbian history
• fashion
• sartorial innovation
• gender revolution
• LGBTQ+ culture

Keywords

• lesbians
• fashion history
• sartorial
• gender revolution
• LGBTQ+
• Victorian Era
• monocles

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Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: Fashion

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