LaQuan Smith - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Laquan Smith, born in Queens, New York, started his brand at the age of 21. Smith spent his early years instructed by his grandmother who...
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Recommended Resource - Liberated Threads by Tanisha C. Ford
Liberated Threads Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul By Tanisha C. Ford In this thought-provoking book, Tanisha C. Ford...
Virgil Abloh - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Born in 1980 in Illinois, Virgil Abloh was the son of Ghanaian immigrants and he learned to sew from his mother. Upon graduation from the...
Recommended Resource - Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style by Shantrelle P. Lewis
Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style by Shantrelle P. Lewis Black dandyism itself is not new; originating in Enlightenment...
Patrick Robinson - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Robinson grew up southeast of Los Angeles in the affluent area of Orange County and pursued a career as a fashion designer after he saw a...
Recommended Resource - A.L.T.: A Memoir by Andre Leon Talley
One of the most striking figures in international style offers a unique and unforgettable memoir of the two women who shaped his dreams,...
Dapper Dan - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Daniel Day, born August 8, 1944, known as Dapper Dan, is a fashion designer from Harlem, New York. He made his name in the late ’80s and...
Recommended Resource - The New Black Vanguard: by Antwaun Sargent
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion by Antwaun Sargent In The New Black Vanguard, curator and critic Antwaun...
Tracy Reese - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Tracy Reese grew up in Michigan and as a child, Reese’s mother taught her how to sew and make clothes. She graduated High School in...
Recommended Resource - Skin Deep: The inside story of Black fashion models by Barbara Summers
Skin deep: The inside story of Black fashion models by Barbara Summers This resource we are sharing today is a book by Barbara Summers...
Stephen Burrows - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Fashion designer Stephen Burrows was born on September 15, 1943, in Newark, New Jersey. At a very young age, Burrows started sewing and...
Recommended Resource - Stylin' by Shane White and Graham White
Stylin': African-American Expressive Culture, from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit by Shane White and Graham White In this book, Shane...
Willi Smith - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Willi Smith is arguably one of the most successful black designers in fashion history. In his 20-year career, he established a sartorial...
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