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This edition: 'Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez' with Amanda Wunder





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Episode Details

Original tape date: December 3, 2025. First aired: March 2, 2026.

Extraordinary dresses are front and center in Diego Velázquez’s most famous portraits of the Spanish royal family. Those dresses were created by a court tailor named Mateo Aguado, whose instantly recognizable style gives Baroque Spanish fashion its distinctive look and continues to influence designers today. Aguado’s long-lost creations are brought to life in Amanda Wunder’s award-winning book, Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez. Wunder, professor of History at Lehman College and of Art History and History at the CUNY Graduate Center, discusses her research and contemporary echoes of Aguado’s aesthetic. Presented with the Ph.D. Program in Art History.

Guest List

Claire Bishop Presidential Professor of Art History, CUNY Graduate Center

Amanda Wunder Author of "Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez", Professor at Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center