In We Might Just Make It After All: My Best Friendship with Kate Spade, Elyce Arons offers an intimate portrait of creative partnership and enduring friendship behind one of fashion’s most beloved brands. Karen Essex’s Run, Darling reimagines the lives of the Gabor sisters, exploring how glamour, ambition, and myth-making shape both public image and private identity. Together, these writers examine how stories—both lived and imagined—construct female icons, the tension between perception and reality, and the emotional labor of maintaining visibility in the public eye. This conversation considers how memoir and historical fiction each offer powerful ways to reclaim nuance, agency and humanity behind the image.
Please note, Elizabeth Beller was previously included in this session and is no longer able to attend the festival.
