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.

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

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. Every day, we all get dressed.

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

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

So Cass, the subject of our show today has been described by people who knew her as the following.

Hypnotically elegant, dexterously elusive, narcissistic, utterly terrifying, and deliciously wicked.

I know.

We're going there today.

Oh yeah.

So the woman who earned herself the moniker as the sartorial sorceress of East 67th Street

was a renowned beauty and also a pathological liar. She also just happens to be the most

successful independent American female designer of the 20th century but she was not

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