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 wet win of why we wear.

We are fashion historians and your host,

Cassidy Zachary, and April Callahan.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that when most people hear the name

Gordon Parks the first thing that comes to mind is not fashion photography

Cass. I'm going to have to agree with you. However, this world-renowned 20th century

luminary is often referred to as a Renaissance man. He was a poet, a

best-selling novelist and and memorist.

He wrote several autobiography throughout his lifetime.

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