Cass to say that you and I are obsessed with collecting fashion history books is of course a bit of an understatement and

Today we want to share with our listeners the very cool Cat Walk series of books by Yale University Press. a very

cat walk series of books by Yale University Press. Yes, and each volume is a comprehensive look

at the catwalk photography from each collection

and every runway show by the designer featured. So we're talking about

more than 1,000 stunningly beautiful photographs in each book.

The series includes books on Chanel, Chloe, Dior, Louis Vuitton,

Eissant Laurent, Prada, Versace, and Vivian Westwood,

which of course we have already had author Alexandra Fury on the show to discuss and we are so

pleased to announce that the newest addition to this series en jivenshi is out now.

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Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast where we explore the who what win of why you wear.

We're your host, April Callahan, and Cassidy Zachary.

Today's podcast subject is a pioneer that fashion history almost forgot,

an exceptional woman, single mother, I might add,

that helmed a booming dressmaking business in Civil War era Washington, D.C.

Now this is no small feat for any woman during the 1860s, and it is a success made all the

more remarkable by the fact that, for the first 30 years of her life, Elizabeth Keckley was enslaved.

Called Lizzy by all who knew her, she was equal parts fearless, determined, and exceptionally

talented.

She used her mastery of garment construction to buy her and her son's freedom in the Antebell himself before moving to the nation's capital

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