Africa
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New essay published on Afrochic
My piece, “The African Roots of Modern Fashion,” is a part of the lastest Brooklyn Rail Critics Page on art and fashion edited by Alexandra Schwartz. It provides some insight into my current research. Pleased to be in the company of Valerie Steele, Juliet Bellow, Rhonda Garelick, and Saya Woolfalk! I offer up another Afrochic…
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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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Enduring Afrochic
I have a perpetual love/hate relationship with the love/theft of Africa and blackness, which is why I write about it. Afrochic, the name I have given to African/black-influenced Western clothing, is a trend that has considerable longevity. Now, Beyonce gets in on the act, again: http://youtu.be/PScoegrbDXM Beyonce’s appropriation of this mode, though, is definitely in…
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Out Of Africa
Eternal Afrochic. The trend launched early in the 20th century that I research remains in vogue.
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 