A collection of vintage crossdressing imagery – elegant, playful and often deeply fetishistic.
The Fredi Trilogy is a rare and provocative series of three semi-autobiographical novels that trace the awakening of same-sex desire in a repressive society. Published by the Parisian house Librairie Artistique( known for its scandalous “kitsch novels”) the books were disguised as a “study in sexual inversion” to navigate censorship.For…
Arthur Chaplin (1869 – 1935) was a French painter and the son of the renowned Charles Joshua Chaplin, forged a markedly different artistic path from his father’s lavish, rococo‑styled nudes and dreamy portraits of women. While publicly celebrated for his modest botanical studies, Chaplin’s private oeuvre reveals a much more erotic, homoerotic dimension….
Baby Faced Bride Groom was a publication with Ten volumes. The first 7 parts were completed by Eberhart and published between 1976 and 1978. Parts 8-10 were completed by Donna Keane and published in 1989. The volumes are occasionally illustrated and tell the tale of Cecil, who is at the…
Pudgy Roberts, given name George Roberts (1935 – ?) was or has been a professional impersonator since the late 1950s. He worked at the famous Jewel Box Lounge in Kansas City, the 82 Club in the East Village, NYC, and was the first female impersonator to be a featured act…
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing items of clothing not commonly associated with one’s sex. Cross-dressing has been used for purposes of disguise, comfort, and self-expression in modern times and throughout history. Almost every human society throughout history has had expected norms for each gender relating to style, color, or type of…
Marcel Vèrtes (1895 – 1961) was a French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian-Jewish origins. He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. He was born and raised in Budapest, during the interwar years he lived in Paris and when many artists fled Europe…