Collections Conversations 14

Registrar-Coordinator Leigh Wishner and textile historian Michele Majer associate at Cora Ginsburg LLC and Assistant Professor at the Bard Graduate Center discuss aqua-musical motion picture star Esther Williams. Williams dazzling film costumes inspired mid-twentieth-century swimwear trends and her athleticism and grace make her a stand-out among celebrities of Hollywoods golden age. Leigh and Michele look at Williams career and review their trip to see the exhibition Esther Williams: The Swimming Queen of the Silver Screen at the Catalina Island Museum which featured loans from the FIDM Museum collection.,

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