Black designers in American fashion / edited by Elizabeth Way.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Way, Elizabeth (Writer on fashion), editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion--United States--History.

Fashion.

African American fashion designers--History.

African American fashion designers.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 267 pages : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Anonymous Histories

1. The Fabric of Fast Fashion: Enslaved Wearers and Makers as Designers in the American Fashion System / Katie Knowles

2. Slavery's Warp, Liberty's Weft: A Look at the Work of Eighteenth-and Nineteenth-Century Enslaved Fashion Makers and Their Legacies / Jonathan Michael Square

3. A Matrilineal Thread: Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Black New York Dressmakers / Elizabeth Way

Section 2 In the Atelier: Modistes and Independent Designers

4. Dressing Up: The Rise of Fannie Criss / Kristen E. Stewart

5. Ruby Bailey: Making for Oneself, A Regional Fashion Designer Case Study / Joy Davis

6. Arthur George "Art" Smith: An Artist About Form, A Man About Substance / Kristen J. Owens

Section 3 Into the Mainstream: Seventh Avenue and Beyond

7. Wesley Tann: The Glamour and the Guts / Nancy Deihl

8. Jay Jaxon: An Unsung Couturier / Darnell-Jamal Lisby

9. Dapper Dan: The Original Streetwear Designer and Influencer / Ariele Elia

Section 4 The Star Designer: National and International Impact

10. Color Story: Stephen Burrows's Impact on the World of Fashion Tanya Danielle / Wilson Myers

11. Scott Barrie: Designing 1970s New York / Elizabeth Way

12. Race WERK: Willi Wear and Patrick Kelly Paris / Eric Darnell Pritchard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Black designers in American fashion

ISBN:

9781350138476

1350138479

9781350138469

1350138460

OCLC:

1230256374

Publisher Number:

99988321641