There was a handful of women so far ahead of the times that fash-
ion didn't catch up to them for fifty years. What ground breaking
diva wore the man's tailcoat first? Was it Josephine Baker, Louise
Brooks, or Marlene Dietrich? No matter who wore it first, or who
wore it best, it was costume designer Travis Banton, Dietrich and
Swarovski crystals that minted an icon.
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THE COSTUME DESIGNER
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WINTER 2023