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Feb 2022
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Fashion History Now #36

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In the first Fashion History Now of Season 5, we chat about sources for learning about Black fashion history, some of fashion's offerings for Lunar New Year, current fashion exhibitions on view and mourn the recent loss of two of fashion's greats: Thierry Mugler and André Leon Talley.


Recommended Reading:

Black Beauty Archives:

https://www.blackbeautyarchives.org

https://www.oprahdaily.com/beauty/skin-makeup/a35844019/black-beauty-archives-black-history/


Black Fashion History Podcast:

https://www.blackfashionhistory.com


Black Fashion Archive:

https://www.instagram.com/blackfashionarchive/?hl=en


Black Fashion Fair:

https://www.blackfashionfair.org/about

https://www.vogue.com/article/black-fashion-fair-launches-its-first-publication-volume-0


Yves Saint Laurent exhibitions:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/style/yves-saint-laurent-exhibition-five-museums-paris.html


André Leon Talley:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/19/andre-leon-talley-appreciation/

https://fashionista.com/2022/01/andre-leon-talley-death-impact-legacy

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/01/andre-leon-talley-singular-style/621337/

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