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 when of why we wear.

We're your hosts and fashion historians April Callahan from Cassidy Zachary.

We're going to talk about something very cool and also very timely today.

A very hot topic.

We're going to talk about how people's perception of the ideal body type shifts over time.

And to do so, we're going to have a conversation with the very amazing and very smart

Emma McClendon, who is the curator of a current exhibition on this very subject.

But before we get to that, we're going to share a little poem that provides some insight

into the extreme measures women have historically taken to craft and mold their physical forms into the shape considered the most desired during their own era.

Yes, ladies, struggles with body image are nothing new.

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