Research Catalog

Title

Fashion : clippings.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

New York Public Library. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Description

6 folder.

Summary

Clipping and miscellaneous material about program of the Black Fashion Museum, article of the Fashion designer Karl Davis Videotape Documentation, including some programs, letters, some of his couture collection and the designer's death obituary. African Fashion, black Americans starting to reach for African culture coming through their dress and lifestyle, news papers and articles of African American designers inspired by African culture, programs and events of African Fashion show. Music and Fashion, Clipping relating to Hip-Hop music and the rap influencing the Fashion world, hip-hop fashion has attracted a sparkling sheaf of celebrity entrepeneurs, like Shaquille O'Neal, Spike Lee, the entertainment mogul Russell Simmons, Chuck D. and many more; indicating the wave that many black designers and businessmen riding into the fashion industry. Teen Fashion, T- Shirt designer Ben Ali displaying three T-Shirts that have been popular in which include, the "X" featuring Malcom X a sign of teen protest, the "Gun T-Shirt" and "Martin Luther King Jr. - Violence is Immoral T-Shirt". The designer of Gun T-shirt who has agreed to stop selling T-shirt with negative message the "Gun T-Shirt" has attracted a group of teenagers working to combat violence and offered to print free shirts with more positive messages. News papers discussing teen appearance, teens may dress like Ganbangers but their message is peace. Fashion and sport, miscellaneous materials of sneakers and basketball shirts, the height of fashion for these NBA players custom clothing that fits their long frames. Race and Fashion, a look on racial unity in the fashion world. Article and news papers about the black kids who "want to be" white and the white kids who "want to be" black. A catalogue for black women dicussing products specifically developed for the first time to satisfy the fit and fashion needs of African American women. Racsim on the runway, fashion's fear of black beauty.

Subjects

• Fashion > Africa > Pictorial works
• Fashion & textiles
• Fashion and art
• Fashion and Costume Museum
• Fashion > Case studies
• Clippings
• Fashion accessories
• Advertising > Fashion
• Fashion & Footwear Federation

Genre/Form

Clippings.

Note

• Compiled by: Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Part 3 collected from 1989-

Contents

Part 1 Fashion and Black Fashion Museum; Part 2 African Fashion; Part 3 Music and Fashion; Part 4 Teen fashion; Part 5 Fashion and Sport; Part 6 Race and Fashion.

Call Number

Sc VF: Part 3

Title

Fashion : clippings.

Added Author

New York Public Library. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Research Call Number

Sc VF: Part 3