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