You Have To Wear Something

You can't go naked right? Nicole Briggs explores those wardrobe decisions we make everyday and educates, empowers and entertains culturally through fashion history, business and style trends. Nicole is a creative bridge builder with a mission to elevate marginalized voices and individuals.Visit Nicole's store!: https://shopjiyu.com/Or say something nice!: youhavetowearsomething@gmail.com

You Have To Wear Something is a society podcast hosted by Nicole Briggs, with 179 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Nicole Briggs hosts You Have To Wear Something, a society show with 179 episodes published.

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  You Have To Wear Something

  Wear the Legacy: From Zendaya's Press Run to Alabama's Quilting Mothers

  Aug 19, 20266 min

  Nicole is still rooting for everyone Black and she's not apologizing for it. In this episode she breaks down why the Law Roach and Zendaya era is a gift to everyone, the intentional genius of the Willi Smith Spider-Man homage, and why that Schiaparelli moment had no business hitting that hard. Then she slows it down for something sweeter, the Ralph Lauren x Gee's Bend collaboration, the four and fifth generation quilters behind it, the enslaved women who started it all out of necessity, and how you can support the community directly beyond the collab. Fashion as resistance, legacy, and art all in one episode.

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  The Dressed Body: A Late But Worthwhile Take on the 2026 Met Gala

  May 10, 202619 min

  Yes, it's late, but the looks that actually stay with you deserve more than a hot take. Nicole breaks down the 2026 Met Gala's "Fashion Is Art" theme with her signature unhurried eye: from Lauren Wasser's gold prosthetics to Anok Yai's Black Madonna moment, the sea of belly buttons, Paloma Elsesser's 100-vintage-dress patchwork gown, and Hailey Bieber's long-overdue redemption arc. Plus, Beyoncé channeling a Creole memento mori, Rihanna arriving as a medieval Belgian cathedral, and why the real conversation isn't about who sponsored the Gala, but what we've lost in our relationship with clothes.

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  You Have To Wear Something

  The Dressed Body: A Late But Worthwhile Take on the 2026 Met Gala

  May 10, 202619 min

  Yes, it's late, but the looks that actually stay with you deserve more than a hot take. Nicole breaks down the 2026 Met Gala's "Fashion Is Art" theme with her signature unhurried eye: from Lauren Wasser's gold prosthetics to Anok Yai's Black Madonna moment, the sea of belly buttons, Paloma Elsesser's 100-vintage-dress patchwork gown, and Hailey Bieber's long-overdue redemption arc. Plus, Beyoncé channeling a Creole memento mori, Rihanna arriving as a medieval Belgian cathedral, and why the real conversation isn't about who sponsored the Gala, but what we've lost in our relationship with clothes.

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  Hands That Heal: Ilka Perkins and the People's Pottery Project

  May 4, 20261h 3m

  Ilka Perkins was arrested at 15, sentenced to 15-to-life, and spent nearly 28 years incarcerated before her release in 2019, the same year she co-founded People's Pottery Project . PPP became a full abolitionist ceramics studio in Historic Filipinotown, L.A. employing formerly incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary individuals. In this conversation, Ilka talks about running a business inside prison as a survival economy, why clay became an unexpected tool for trauma healing, and what it means to build something beautiful with hands the entire world wrote off.

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  You Have To Wear Something

  Hands That Heal: Ilka Perkins and the People's Pottery Project

  May 4, 20261h 3m

  Ilka Perkins was arrested at 15, sentenced to 15-to-life, and spent nearly 28 years incarcerated before her release in 2019, the same year she co-founded People's Pottery Project . PPP became a full abolitionist ceramics studio in Historic Filipinotown, L.A. employing formerly incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary individuals. In this conversation, Ilka talks about running a business inside prison as a survival economy, why clay became an unexpected tool for trauma healing, and what it means to build something beautiful with hands the entire world wrote off.

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