Fashion Seminar
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How to Whitewash A Dandy: A Colorless Account of Queer Fashion History
By Tiffany Mott-Smith http://taggmagazine.com/a-colorless-account-of-queer-fashion-history/ Queer Fashion History Exhibit: The Museum at FIT, 2013 Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Queer Fashion History Symposium. I spent six and half hours preparing for this event. Three minutes checking in with my editor for the event, 55 minutes looking for my press badge, two minutes…
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CHIC Fancy Black History Through Fashion and Style: Dorothea Towles Church
Originally posted on Oh CHIC Fancy Huh!?: I am a loyal reader of various fashion magazines. I love flipping through the pages, reading the various articles and fashion tips, but most importantly seeing the most beautiful clothes and the gorgeous women that wear them oh so well. Although the representation of african american models can be…
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Thanksgiving Tidbit
Why I Am Thankful: Survival, Fashion, Language and Family Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/26/why-i-am-thankful-survival-fashion-language-and-family-152449
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We’re Obsessed With These Vintage Hair And Beauty Ads (PHOTOS )
Since we were talking about black models: The Huffington Post | By Julee Wilson Posted: 11/21/2013 4:04 pm EST | Updated: 11/21/2013 4:37 pm EST There’s something about old ads that make us long for days gone by — and we’re not just talking about the low retail prices. There was a level of sophistication that we…
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The Catwalk of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
http://clothesonfilm.com/the-catwalk-of-the-hunger-games-catching-fire/33470/ 15 Nov ’13 When you are costuming the biggest franchise release of the year and creating a capsule range to run alongside it for a major online retailer, it is clear a normal approach to the task is not going to work. Ex-stylist and one time assistant for Michael Kaplan, Trish Summerville, one of…
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Halston’s Penney’s Serenade
“Who needs cashmere?” So said the legendary Halston on June 7, 1983, as he made his way through the racks of pieces he had designed for Halston III, his lower-price line for J.C. Penney. Looking back, the pact made Halston a pioneer in the world of high-low fashion , but it was ruinous for him…
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The company behind “Slack Power”
Hoping to tap into the burgeoning consumer market of the postwar era, Siegel launched the company’s first brand, H.I.S (a play on his father’s initials [Henry I. Siegel]), in 1956. The company’s line of branded casual wear targeted teen and college-aged baby boomers with denim jackets, corduroy pants, shorts, sportcoats, and suits. By the mid-1960s,…
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Costuming the Blaxploitation Hero | Clothes on Film
Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster 1 Nov ’13 The gangster genre’s central protagonist (antagonist?) is conspicuous in his journey from street kid to street king by coveting the finest fabrics and tailoring that money can buy. He becomes a vain, petty man destroyed by inability to reconcile his old simpler world with the politics of his…
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