The Other Danish Girl: Gerda Wegener

After 8 wonderful years and 580 episodes, Cassidy and April say goodbye to Dressed: The History of Fashion and our beloved listeners with our heartfelt final episode. Where to find your favorite fashion historians moving forward: You can find Cassidy at The Art of Dress on Instag ...  عرض المزيد

In this very special 2019 episode, we talked to the photographer Tony Vaccaro about his prolific seventy-plus year career photographing fashion, celebrity and World War. His subjects include Dovima, Verushka, Hubert de Givenchy, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keefe. Learn more about ...  عرض المزيد

Ahead of Friday’s presentation to her of an honorary Oscar, the legendary Norwegian actress emotionally reflects on her and Ingmar Bergman’s personal (five romantic years) and professional (12 collaborations) relationship, how ‘Persona’ changed her life and career and her mixed f ...  عرض المزيد

The Danish Girl is the remarkable love story inspired by the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, portrayed in the film respectively by Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), and directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hoope ...  عرض المزيد

This 2018 episode covers Gertrude Stein, an icon in the world of modernist literature. Alice B. Toklas is often described as her partner and assistant, but she was also a published writer, and "assistant"really doesn't cover how important she was to Stein's life and work. Learn m ...  عرض المزيد

Isadora was the purest of unconventional free spirits and one of history's most unique dance innovators. Many people only know how she died, but how she lived is a much more inspiring and fascinating story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices