Too Many Clothes and Nothing to Wear

In the 1980s, the average American bought just 12 clothing items per year. Today, it’s 68. How did this whole culture of buying clothes begin? What can we learn from our past?

Michella and Lindsey are scholars of women’s history, so I'm hoping they can help us trace this problem back to its roots.

Show Notes

Dr. Michella Marino is the Deputy Director of the Indiana Historical Bureau. She received her B.A. from Hanover College, M.A. from the University of Louisville, and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She specializes in 20th century US Women’s History, Sports History, and Oral History.

Lindsey Beckley earned her bachelors from Ball State University and is the host of Talking Hoosier History, a podcast that seeks to challenge what it means to be a Hoosier. 

What is Too Many Clothes and Nothing to Wear?

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If you’re like most of us, you own entirely too many clothes. You probably have things you haven’t worn in years. And yet, when it comes time to dress up, we all say the same thing: “I’ve got nothing to wear!”

How did we get here?

Well, turns out, the problem isn’t our messy closets, it’s our messy relationship with clothes.

Join Erin Flynn, CEO and founder of Cladwell, as she talks to experts in the industry, history, and psychology of fashion. We'll explore the economic and social roots of our obsession with buying, learn from people who've learned to do more with less, and figure out what all of us can do to break this clothes-buying, life-draining cycle we're all trapped in.