December 17, 2020 • 29 mins
Today, we continue our exploration of the century long love affair between fashion and the showgirl.
Recommended reading and viewing:
- Es-pranza Humphrey's article “Fashioning the Black Chorus Girl"
- Elspeth Brown's Work! A Queer History of Modeling
- Marcel Sauvage's Les Mémoires de Joséphine Baker
- Baker's 1931 Casino de Paris performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86HqDSY9l9A
- Robin Givhan's The Battle of Versaiiles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History
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