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 Hollywood's "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.