Dressed in dreams : a black girl's love letter to the power of fashion / Tanisha C. Ford.
| Author/creator |
Ford, Tanisha C. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : St. Martin's Press, [2019] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2019 |
| Description | 246 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Portion of title | Black girl's love letter to the power of fashion |
| Contents | Dashiki -- Leather jacket -- Jheri curl -- Tennis shoes -- Baggy jeans -- Coochie cutters -- Knee-high boots -- Bamboo earrings -- Afro puff -- Hoodie -- Epilogue: Designer handbag. |
| Abstract | 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: experimenting with the Jheri curl; rocking oversized, brightly colored jeans and Timberlands at an elite boarding school where the white upper crust wore conservative wool shift dresses. She also talks about the pain of seeing black style appropriated by the mainstream fashion industry. -- adapted from jacket |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2019001794 |
| ISBN | 9781250173539 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1250173531 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| Standard identifier# | 40029221494 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | Ronnie Barnes African American Collection | GT615 .F67 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |