24: Hold My Cheetah - Luisa Casati

Calling all muses, queers, bohemians & fashionistas of the world... Join Velma this week for a look inside the decadent world of Luisa Casati, the priestess of hedonism & patroness (& lover) to some of the worlds greatest artists of all time.Key Source"Infinite Variety: The Life & Legend of Marchesa Casati", Scott D Ryersson, Michael Orlando Yaccarino. University of Minnesota Press.1999.Secondary Sources"The Divine Marquise", Judith Thurman. The New Yorker. September 14th, 2003."Marchesa Luisa Casati - A Life In Fashion", Casci Ritchie. The Costume Society. 11th November, 2018.C*ntroversy The Podcast is produced, written & hosted by Velma Vouloir. You can follow us on Instagram & X at @cntroversypod, or on Facebook at Cntroversy: The Podcast. Email us at anytime with thoughts of feedback at [email protected], and please don't forget to follow, rate & review the show. Thanks for listening!