Remembering Ingrid Sischy: Cultural Maven, Visionary Icon & Friend

Among the many Sischy has left too soon, is her long time partner and former colleague at Interview, Sandy Brant. Sischy proudly never hid her sexuality and encouraged feminism in its truest form. In The Advocate, Sischy spoke out about gay liberation and its place in the fashion sphere and the world at large. “First, I’d like to mention that the effect of gay liberation on fashion is certainly not confined to designers who are gay. Gay liberation affected the whole world. … But the fact is that for gay male designers like these, fashion is really an expression of one’s gayness. Whereas for gay women, fashion hasn’t been the same kind of issue. It’s been a big psychological issue because of what fashion doesn’t offer us — designer labels have not been where lesbians have looked to identify themselves. There has been a lot of frustration that our only symbols have been been the man’s jacket and the man’s suit. I suspect that Gertrude Stein opted for tweed and dowdiness because she didn’t have a lot of choices when she went shopping.” [Photo via]