Josephine Baker Day!
In 1951 the NAACP named May 20th Josephine Baker Day to honor her efforts to fight racism. Along with being an amazing and sensational performer, she also adopted many children from around the world, forming a family she called her "Rainbow Tribe." She also lived in a castle, by the way, called Chateau des Milandes.
I urge you all to look her up, be inspired by her, watch her films, and know that if you catch me on Saturday night you shall see me in my second of a series of costume homages to the great Josephine. (pictures coming soon...)
Lady Baker once said, “The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.”
On Saturday, May 22nd Miss C. Spot could be found at Shanghai Mermaid as Josephine Baker in her "savage princess" costume... Beaded and sparkling!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The First of my Josephine Baker homages...
Here is a photo from the first in the costume series of Lady Baker inspired costumes premiering at Shanghai Mermaid... This costume is a reinvention of Josephine's costume in the film "Zou Zou" for her number entitled, "Haiti" in which she sings from inside a giant birdcage.
Photo courtesy of Michael Gwilliam.
Photo courtesy of Michael Gwilliam.
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