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F Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night

Justine Picardie, editor of Harper's Bazaar, celebrates a whole wardrobe of clothes that shimmers in F Scott Fitzgerald's novel Tender Is the Night.

Five writers recall clothes and accessories that resonate vividly in works of art:

Justine Picardie, author and editor of Harper's Bazaar, considers a whole pile of dresses and jewellery worn by Nicole Diver in Scott Fitzgerald's novel Tender Is The Night. And how Nicole's passion for clothes is mirrored by the author's wife, Zelda.

Producer Duncan Minshull

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14 minutes

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  • Thu 14 Jan 2016 22:45
  • Thu 22 Nov 2018 22:45

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