Dapper Dan : made in Harlem : a memoir / Daniel R. Day with Mikael Awake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day, Daniel R., author.

Awake, Mikael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Day, Daniel R.

African American fashion designers--Biography.

African American fashion designers.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Biography.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

New York (State)--New York--Harlem.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2019]

Summary:

"With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own flamboyant designs. But before reinventing fashion, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books, and, finally, a designer who broke barriers to outfit a who's-who of music, sport, and crime world celebrities in looks that went on to define an era. By turns playful, poignant, and inspiring, Dapper Dan's memoir is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than 70 years and set against the backdrop of an ever-evolving America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nobody's poor

Like a raisin in the sun

Harlem dreams

Sportsmen

Firing coffee

The cursed game

Too easy

Tree of life

Home

Mind games

The rumble

Hubba hubba

Aruba

Remakes

A new hustle

Boy wonder

Closure

Crack

Paid in full

Beef

The vise

Game over

Flatfoot hustling

Highways, not runways

Harlem River blues.

Notes:

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Nonfiction , Winner, 2020

ISBN:

9780525510512

0525510516

OCLC:

1065847865