Black designers in American fashion
Book - 2021
"Using previously unexplored sources, Black Designers in American Fashion addresses the erased histories of black fashion designers and their integral role in the American fashion industry"--
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- Genres
- Biographies
- Published
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
2021.
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- xv, 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781350138476
9781350138469
- List of Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Section 1. Anonymous Histories
- 1. The Fabric of Fast Fashion: Enslaved Wearers and Makers as Designers in the American Fashion System
- 2. Slavery's Warp, Liberty's Weft: A Look at the Work of Eighteenth-and Nineteenth-Century Enslaved Fashion Makers and Their Legacies
- 3. A Matrilineal Thread: Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Black New York Dressmakers
- Section 2. In the Atelier: Modistes and Independent Designers
- 4. Dressing Up: The Rise of Fannie Criss
- 5. Ruby Bailey: Making for Oneself, A Regional Fashion Designer Case Study
- 6. Arthur George "Art" Smith: An Artist About Form, A Man About Substance
- Section 3. Into the Mainstream: Seventh Avenue and Beyond
- 7. Wesley Tann: The Glamour and the Guts
- 8. Jay Jaxon: An Unsung Couturier
- 9. Dapper Dan: The Original Streetwear Designer and Influencer
- Section 4. The Star Designer: National and International Impact
- 10. Color Story: Stephen Burrows's Impact on the World of Fashion
- 11. Scott Barrie: Designing 1970s New York
- 12. Race WERK: WilliWear and Patrick Kelly Paris
- Postscript
- Index