The Red Menace:  How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part I (Dressed Classic)
21 January 2026

The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, an interview with Ilise S. Carter, part I (Dressed Classic)

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This week's Dressed Classic episodes revisit a 2021 two-part interview with Ilise S. Carter who joined us to discuss her book The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History, which uses lipstick as a lens to examine the hopes, dreams and anxieties of American society.



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