Recommended Resource - Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer Using rarely accessed photographic archives and private collections, inspired by her family...
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Patrick Kelly - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Patrick Kelly, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on September 24, 1954, was a reputable designer who used his collections to convey the...
Recommended Resource - Supreme Models by Marcellas Reynolds
Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion by Marcellas Reynolds Today's resource is the first-ever art book...
Jay Jaxon - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Jay Jason Jaxon was a fashion designer who made historical imprints on the fashion industry. He established a brand heralding his...
Recommended Resource - This is Not Fashion: Streetwear Past, Present and Future by King Adz
This is Not Fashion: Streetwear Past, Present and Future by King Adz Our recommended resource for today tells the definitive history of...
Ann Lowe - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Ann Lowe, born in 1898 in Montgomery, Alabama, was in a lineage of seamstresses who had established their own dressmaking business with...
Recommended Resource - Threads of Time, The Fabric of History
Threads of Time, The Fabric of History: Profiles Of African American Dressmakers And Designers, 1850 to the Present by Rosemary Reed E....
Ruby Bailey - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Ruby Bailey was born in Bermuda in 1905 and arrived in the US in 1912 with her mother and sister. Growing up during the Harlem...
Recommended Resource - Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Dapper Dan
This book, named one of the best books by vanity fair, expatiates on the story of Dapper Dan before and after he became a famous...
Zelda Wynn Valdes - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Zelda Wynn Valdes was a fashion designer who promulgated femininity into her designs in a powerful way. Born on June 28, 1905, in...
Elizabeth Keckley - Pioneers Who Have Shaped America's Fashion Industry
Elizabeth Keckley, a remarkably successful dressmaker, built her career upon exacting technical standards, graceful clean lines, and an...
Recommended Resource - Black Designers In American Fashion by Elizabeth Way
Today, our recommended read is a book that discusses the story of Elizabeth Keckley, one of the most important figures in the history of...
Should the Metaverse be included in the fashion curriculum today?
Innovating the fashion curriculum in Africa 1. Prepare students for the virtual world With the rise of digitising fashion items, it is...
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