Pair of Kings: A Fashion and Culture Podcast · Pair of Kings

12.19 - Discovering the Lost Art of Tailoring with Chloe Boxer (@chl0e.box)

·1 hr 38 min·5 clips
The hobble skirt may have actually originated with women wanting to fly airplanes, tying ribbons around their skirts to get into the cockpit.
Tailor and fashion historian Chloe Boxer discusses her dual career in on-set tailoring for fashion editorials and her origins in fashion forums and DIY clothing culture. She shares her academic research recontextualizing the 1910s hobble skirt as a liberation garment rather than an anti-feminist one, and reveals the wild behind-the-scenes reality of sewing celebrities into couture garments on photo shoots.

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A sharp tailoring conversation that shows how construction details shape fashion in production.

Chloe Boxer brings a practical eye to tailoring, shop work, and the shift from idea to finished garment. The discussion keeps circling back to a simple test: can you tell when a piece is well made, or just made fast, with shortcuts that mostly save money?

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You want tailoring gossip that turns into actual garment nerdery.

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