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Celia Reyer

Celia Reyer is a multidisciplinary curator with a focus on historical to modern fashion and costume design. She has worked on special projects and exhibitions in dress collections at museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, National Museum for Women in the Arts and Cincinnati Museum Center.

Joan Crawford in Letty Lynton (1932)

When Hollywood Glamour Was Sold at the Local Department Store

During the 1930s, the world’s most fashionable looks came not from Paris, but from La-La Land