with Lorraine Topper. Bras, jock straps, and a dog named…

First broadcast 11 June 2024

⁠Lorraine Topper⁠ is a writer and a fashion history researcher. She has, for the last decade, focused on clothing stories from the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Her research has been featured as part of public programmes at the M&S Archive, the V&A, The Courtauld, and the Museum of London.

After completing a Master’s in History and Culture of Fashion where she wrote tens of thousands of words about underwear, she really wanted to turn her bra history research into book. However, after years of trying and failing, once she finally had a book contract and tried to get stuck into the writing she realised it wasn't the right path for her...

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More about Lorraine and her work: ⁠https://linktr.ee/masterofbras