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How to slay : inspiration from the queens & kings of Black style /
\"One of the few surveys of Black style and fashion ever published, How to Slay offers a lavishly illustrated overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years. Through striking images of some of the most celebrated icons of Black style and taste, from Josephine Baker, Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, and Miles Davis to Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams, this book explores the cultural underpinnings of Black trends that have become so influential in mainstream popular culture and a bedrock of fashion vernacular today. A preponderance of Black musicians, who for decades have inspired trends and transformed global fashion, are featured and discussed, while a diverse array of topics are touched upon and examined--hats, hair, divas, the importance of attitude, the use of color, '60s style, the influence of Africa and the Caribbean, and the beauty of black skin\"--Publisher's description.
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SPRING FASHION 2002 ; Soothing the ruffled psyche
Well, now it's I who needs reassuring, and I need a diversion from all the talk of war and recession that hovers over daily life like a seeded cloud threatening rain. Ruffles are the perfect antidote. As designers did in the '70s, another unsettled time, and before that the '30s, they offer plenty of reassuring frippery. There's luxury, yes, but it's more childlike, more accepting. Remember the '70s anthem? \"You may not drive a great big Cadillac. . . . you may not have a car at all/but just remember, brothers and sisters/you can still stand tall.\"
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