What is Dressing “Normal”?

What is Dressing “Normal”?

A lecture by Avery Trufelman

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall

gallery@bgc.bard.edu

$15 General | $12 Seniors | Free for people associated with a college or university, people with museum ID, people with disabilities and caregivers, and BGC members

How does one dress “normal,” and how is public behavior regulated by clothing? Avery Trufelman, the host and creator of the fashion podcast Articles of Interest will talk about what constitutes “classic” or “style-less” dressing, and the ways it is shaped by regulating forces like politics and culture.

Avery Trufelman is the host and creator of the fashion podcast Articles of Interest, which has been named one of the best podcasts of the year by The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many others. She has been named one of the 500 most important people in fashion by the trade journal The Business of Fashion. Before that, she covered architecture as a longtime producer at the design podcast 99% Invisible, and spent a stint at New York Magazine, where she hosted the podcast for The Cut. 

Image: Photo by Teruyoshi Hayashida, from Take Ivy (powerhouse Books, 2010).