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Dressed in dreams, a black girl's love letter to the power of fashion, Tanisha C. Ford

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Dressed in dreams, a black girl's love letter to the power of fashion, Tanisha C. Ford

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eng

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illustrations

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non fiction

Main title

Dressed in dreams

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Tanisha C. Ford

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a black girl's love letter to the power of fashion

Summary

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 coming of age in a Midwestern rust belt city. This 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

Table Of Contents

Dashiki -- Leather jacket -- Jheri curl -- Tennis shoes -- Baggy jeans -- Coochie cutters -- Knee-high boots -- Bamboo earrings -- Afro puff -- Hoodie

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