Black in Fashion av WWD, Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Tara Donaldson

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A stunning and comprehensive look at the indelible contribution of Black designers, models, scene-makers, and stylists to fashion, from ¿the bible of fashion¿¿WWD. Black in Fashion is a celebration of Black voices in fashion as captured by Women¿s Wear Daily contributors and photographers since the publication¿s inception in 1910. WWD is showcased here with more than 375 black-and-white and color photographs, illustrations, and articles from its massive archive. The book, written by Tonya Blazio-Licorish and Tara Donaldson, explores the contributions of trailblazing designers like Stephen Burrows and Virgil Abloh, whose philosophy inspired a new generation to interact with fashion differently; pioneering models like Naomi Sims, who in 1969 at age twenty-one launched Naomi Inc., a cosmetics company catering to Black women; and celebrities and multi-hyphenates like Josephine Baker, whose approach to fashion in the 1920s single-handedly changed and challenged the influence of Black cultur