Sonja Harms has been making extravagant clothes for artist and ceramicist Grayson Perry since 1996, having previously dressed actors, singers, dancers, closet transvestites and performance artists.
After embarking on a traditional German apprenticeship as a dressmaker, learning pattern drafting for women and men, and waitressing in a transvestite bar on weekends, Sonja tells us about her love for crafting alternative identities and her fascination with the performativity of gender.
This Lunchtime Lecture was recorded on 6 March 2019.
