Black Dandies Fashion New Academic Identities
“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).
Reblog Erykah Badu always — but especially in menswear.
Marlene Dietrich
Teddy Boi suit inspiration
(via hellwonthave-me)
Ken Russell, from The last of the Teddy Boys, United Kingdom, 1955
Gladys Bentley
xlds:
Louise Brooks
Marimacho’s Brooklyn Blazer
Photo by Bryon Malik www.bmalikphotography.com
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Marimacho’s Brooklyn Blazer
Photo by Bryon Malik www.bmalikphotography.com
shop || marimachobk.com || queer fashion
Work It Girl!
Liu’s granddaughter runs Yuekou, a partnership between herself and four other recent college graduates. While Liu was helping the girls unpack, “he picked up one piece and tried to give some advice on how to mix and match. We thought it was fun so we started shooting.”
“A shearling lined leather jacket; some masculine boots; a pair of vintage goggles.”
Amelia Earhart, style inspiration
Pauline Black - ska style - our inspiration for The Mod Suit!
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