#gerda iro

Born Gerda Gottstein in Vienna, she pursued art studies, first in Berlin in 1927, and then Paris in 1928-1929, where she worked as assistant to architect and stage and film designer Oskar Strnad. The name Gerdago was a professional pseudonym made up of her first name, “Gerda”, and the first two letters of her last name, “Go”.

Daß Romy Schneider die charismatische „Sissi” so authentisch verkörperte, daran hatte vor allem eine Frau großen Anteil: Kostümbildnerin Gerda Iro (Gerdago).