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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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For artist Frida Kahlo, clothing, art and identity were inextricably linked. The V & A's current exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up explores the ways Kahlo constructed her iconic image using the clothing and accessories she put on her body. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion?  Our website and classes Our Instagram Our bookshelf with over 100 of our favorite fashion history titles Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:07.0

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

0:15.0

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

0:18.0

at the catwalk photography from each collection

0:21.0

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

0:25.6

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

0:30.0

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

0:35.0

Eissant Laurent, Prada, Versace, and Vivian Westwood,

0:39.4

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

0:45.6

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

0:49.8

Any of the nine Catwalk titles make the perfect holiday get or gift for the fashion lovers on your list and dress listeners can get an exclusive 25% off any of the volumes in the Cat Walk series by going to Yale Books.com and using the code Dreyf. the Just use the code dressed 25 at checkout to get 25% off and free shipping on

1:16.7

orders of any of the catwalk titles. Don't miss out on this limited time offer. With over 7 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

1:46.0

Every day, we all get dressed.

1:48.0

Welcome to Dressed, The History of Fashion, a podcast where we explore the who what when of why we wear.

1:55.2

We are fashion historians and your hosts April Callahan and Cassidy Zachary.

2:00.8

Today I am very excited because we get to talk about one of the most instantly

2:05.0

recognizable artists of all time and certainly one of the most famous. More than any

2:10.4

other artists, maybe with the exception of Vincent Van Gogh, has an artist's

2:14.8

appearance been so inextricably linked to their art and legacy as that of the Mexican

2:19.5

artist Frida Kalo.

2:21.6

And this is because so much of Frida's work, one third of her artistic

2:25.4

oeuvre in fact is self-portature. And the fact that her look was so

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