Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Lederhosen in Gay Berlin?

John Lehmann, a friend of Christopher Isherwood, visited the Cosy Corner, the Berlin night spot during his 1932 visit. He writes (quoted in Gay Berlin, 207), "The place was filled with attractive boys of any age...nearly all dressed in extremely short Lederhosen which showed off their smooth and sunburnt thighs." 


1 comment:

Tim said...

rich and vehement, as Arlene Croce was wont to say about Susan Farrell's