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Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Academic Identies
“Stylin out.” That’s how Monica L. Miller, an associate professor of English at Barnard College, describes the way black people have used dress to expand definitions of blackness, gender, and sexuality. Men in particular have “styled their way from slaves to dignified human beings,” she writes in Slaves to Fashion (Duke University Press, 2009)
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Aya Jones.
Text from models.com
An incredible face deserves an incredible start and Aya Jones showed up in all the right places this season. From her debut as a Prada exclusive to selective turns at Miu Miu, Valentino and Sonia Rykiel Aya made an impact. With campaign season right around the corner Aya is poised to show up somewhere else very selective very soon.
Image from The Fashion Spot
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MODA celebrates 50 years of the Ebony Fashion Fair
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion displays 40 ensembles from the annual event
The Ebony Fashion Fair first came to Atlanta in the early 1960s, sponsored in part by the local chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. It was a Sunday-best kind of event, the biggest to-do of the year for some.
Eunice Johnson and her husband, John, founders of Johnson Publishing Company and Ebony and Jet magazines, launched the annual fair in 1958. On runways across the country, they showcased…
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Jourdan Dunn
With grace and her signature wit, Jourdan Dunn has risen through the ranks to become one of the most wanted models in the business. Whether she’s posing for a portrait or unleashing an anecdote on her hilarious personal twitter, Ms. Dunn is an essential player within the world of fashion. During her career progression…
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