Anna Blume – History of Art Professor, FIT
Anna Blume tells how, in her youth, cinematic characters helped her find a way to understand her sexual identity.
Simon Doonan – Creative Ambassador for Barneys New York
Simon Doonan discusses the origins of his personal style, gay fashion designers lost to the AIDS epidemic, and much more.
Glennda Testone – Executive Director of the New York City LGBT Center
Glennda Testone talks about the LGBT Center and expressing oneself through fashion as a queer person.
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John Bartlett – Designer
John Bartlett discusses the change in menswear from the 1990s to today.
Jonathan D. Katz – Director, PhD program, Visual Studies, University at Buffalo
Jonathan Katz discusses the emergence of the slogan t-shirt during the rise of the LGBTQ rights movement.
Karlo Steel – Owner of Atelier New York
Karlo Steel discusses skirts for men.
Hal Rubenstein – Author, editor at large, InStyle Magazine
Hal Rubenstein discusses his days with the New York Times Magazine in the 1990s as men’s fashion editor.
Interview with Fred Dennis and Valerie Steele
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