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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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, what, when, of why we wear.

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

Cass, today we honor the life and career of one of American fashion's great movers and

shakers, a fashion insider, or maybe even, one could argue, a fashion insiders insider.

A woman who helped shape the face of American. a fashion insiders insider

a woman who helped shape the face of American fashion for more than 70 years

and her contribution to the rise of American fashion beginning in the 1940s

cannot be underestimated.

And yet, few outside of the fashion industry may be familiar with the name Ruth Finley.

But within the industry, Ruth, who passed away this past August at the age of 98 years old,

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