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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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 fashion historians and your hosts Cassidy Zachary

and April Callahan.

I'd like to start off our episode today with some tidbits about an archaeological discovery

that took place in Austria back in 2008 at the Lenburg Castle.

Repairs to the castle which dates back to 1190 at least, these repairs

unearthed a chamber that was filled with 15th century garbage and among these

wood scraps, textiles, and leather shoes that were found in the chamber

were also some linen fragments of garments that are shockingly similar to styles of bras that we wear today.

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