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Ford, Tanisha C.
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Ford, Tanisha C. -- Clothing.
Clothing and dress -- United States.
Fashion -- United States.
Women, Black -- Clothing.
Blacks -- Race identity -- United States.
College teachers, Black -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
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Ford, Tanisha C.
Ford, Tanisha C. -- Clothing.
Clothing and dress -- United States.
Fashion -- United States.
Women, Black -- Clothing.
Blacks -- Race identity -- United States.
College teachers, Black -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
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Dressed
in
dreams
: a
black
girl
's
love
letter
to the
power
of
fashion
/ Tanisha C. Ford.
by
Ford, Tanisha C.
St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Call #:
391 F711d
Subjects
Ford, Tanisha C. -- Clothing.
Clothing and dress -- United States.
Fashion
-- United States.
Women,
Black
-- Clothing.
Blacks -- Race identity -- United States.
College teachers,
Black
-- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9781250173539 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Dashiki -- Leather jacket -- Jheri curl -- Tennis shoes -- Baggy jeans -- Coochie cutters -- Knee-high boots -- Bamboo earrings -- Afro puff -- Hoodie.
Summary:
"In this highly engaging book, fashionista and pop culture expert Tanisha C. Ford investigates Afros and dashikis, go-go boots and hotpants of the sixties, hip hop'
s
baggy jeans and bamboo earrings, and the #BlackLivesMatter-inspired hoodies of today. The history of these garments is deeply intertwined with Ford'
s
story as a
black
girl
coming of age in a Midwestern rust belt city. She experimented with the Jheri curl; discovered how wearing the wrong color tennis shoes at the roller rink during the drug and gang wars of the 1980s could get you beaten; and rocked oversized, brightly colored jeans and Timberlands at an elite boarding school where the white upper crust wore conservative wool shift dresses.
Dressed
in
Dreams
is a story of desire, access, conformity, and
black
innovation that explains things like the importance of knockoff culture; the role of "ghetto fabulous" full-length furs and colorful leather in the 1990s; how
black
girls make magic out of a dollar store t-shirt, rhinestones, and airbrushed paint; and
black
parents' emphasis on dressing nice. Ford talks about the pain of seeing
black
style appropriated by the mainstream
fashion
industry and
fashion
's
power
, especially in middle America. In this richly evocative narrative, she shares her lifelong
fashion
revolution--from figuring out her own personal style to discovering what makes Midwestern
fashion
a real thing too."--From publisher.
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Adult Black Nonfiction
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