Today’s episode is with the ineffable Bethann Hardison. Bethann is known to the world as a model, activist, and the grand dame of the fashion and design industry.
Today’s conversation is one of iconoclastic voice and elder stateswoman reason. Wherever you are in life, you’ll find a treasure trove of timeless wisdom in this conversation with the Bethann Hardison. Save it. Bookmark it. Come back to it whenever you need to remind yourself to keep dancing on your journey. It was such a privilege and honor to welcome Bethann Hardison to the Institute of Black Imagination. 
This conversation was recorded on March 25, 2021.  


Things we mention
Bethann’s Street Gang: https://newyorkcitygangs.com/?page_id=1540 (The Lady Chaplains and the Stompers )
Bethann, her mother, and drag queens: https://www.amazon.com/About-Face-Supermodels-Then-Now/dp/B01MRHWTQZ (About Face: Supermodels Then and Now) 
Bethann can’t stand https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/business/media/teen-vogue-editor-alexi-mccammond.html (this about current cancel culture) 
Bethann and https://blackthen.com/willi-smith-one-renowned-black-fashion-designers-history/ (Willi Smith)
https://www.blackimagination.com/oral-history/ (Robin Givhan) wrote ahttps://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250052902 ( whole book about Bethann) ( we meant the Battle of Versaille) 


http://www.bethannhardison.com/ (www.bethannhardison.com) 
Meta: https://www.instagram.com/bethannhardison/


Production Dario Calmese and Carmen D. Harris  
Show Art by River Wildmen, Social Art by Afrovisualism, River Wildmen, Stéphane Lab
Original Music composed by Dario Calmese 
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