Afrochic
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Avant Tut interest in all things Egyptian Redux
Egyptomania is part of a broader afromania within my cultural imagination, but I will be focusing more on “black Africa” for the book. Nevertheless my recent perusing has revealed a much deeper and richer vein of unexposed and unstudied material that warrants further research and reflection. Unfortunately, there is so much that will be left…
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Afterthought: The Black Model
With jewels like these, why bother wearing clothes? http://ow.ly/qNdIY Photo by Coppi Barbieri, styled by Claudia Mata; W Magazine November 2014.
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Engaging with Black Bloomsbury
Originally posted on Drawing over the Colour Line: Geographies of art and cosmopolitan politics in London, 1919 – 1939: [Kevin Guyan is working as a student engager at the UCL Art Museum over the duration of our Black Bloomsbury exhibition. He has kindly agreed to us cross-posting his blog post ‘Engaging with Black Bloomsbury’ which…
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New exhibition: Black Bloomsbury
Originally posted on Drawing over the Colour Line: Geographies of art and cosmopolitan politics in London, 1919 – 1939: UCL Art Museum, 23 September – 13 December 2013 The Equiano Centre’s Caroline Bressey and Gemma Romain have co-curated the UCL Art Museum’s autumn exhibition Black Bloomsbury which runs until 13 December. Based upon research carried…
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“Africa Calling: Plumes and Prints” from The New York Times
Enduring Afrochic! I am investigating the historical origins of the fashion trend that had powerful currency throughout the 20th century. And it seems that “exotic” Africa will continue to inspire in the 21st century. Love and Theft! Love and Theft! Africa Calling: Plumes and Prints Louis Vuitton, by Marc Jacobs, spring/summer 2014, in Paris. Catwalking…
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New York Times feature on fashion and national identity in Southern Sudan
On Fashion Runway, South Sudan Takes Steps Toward a National Identity A living room was used as a modeling studio in August for a fashion show in Juba, South Sudan’s capital. Camille Lepage for The New York Times By NICHOLAS KULISH October 2, 2013 JUBA, South Sudan — Even by the standards of fashion models, the women…
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Tidbit regarding dress at the Woman’s Building of the 1893 Columbian Exposition
While touching upon dress I only mention that we have a little Egyptian figure whose dress is “accordion pleated” from throat to feet; it also wears a little “accordion-pleated” cape. So the fashions and arts of dress come round. From “Art,” by Mrs. Emily Crawford in The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman’s Building,…
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Review | “Miss Anne in Harlem” by Carla Kaplan
‘Miss Anne in Harlem,’ by Carla Kaplan By MARTHA A. SANDWEISS Published: September 20, 2013 Time hasn’t been kind to the white women who participated in the Harlem Renaissance. As philanthropists and activists, authors and patrons, they sought a place for themselves in that remarkable outpouring of African-American art during the 1920s and ’30s. Some,…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 