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From bold-colored scarves to the zoot suit in Harlem to the mass popularity of bold acrylic nails, Black culture in […]
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s.This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.
Western fashion in the 1920s underwent a modernization. Women's fashion continued to evolve from the restrictions of gender roles and traditional styles of the Victorian era. [ 1 ] Women wore looser clothing which revealed more of the arms and legs, that had begun at least a decade prior with the rising of hemlines to the ankle and the movement ...
This list of some of the 20th century’s most recognizable style icons — from Princess Diana to, well, Prince — shows the extent of that transformation. The biggest fashion icons of the 20th ...
Black fashion designers continue to leave their mark on the fashion world. Legendary Harper’s Bazaar editor Diana Vreeland said it best: […] 10 iconic Black fashion designers making history
Emily Miles (July 31, 1910-June 11, 1999) was an African American fashion designer and entrepreneur. [1] She was considered Newark, New Jersey's "first lady of fashion" [1] and "the grand dame of black style in Newark". [2] In 1998, she was inducted into the New Jersey Women's Hall of Fame and the Chicago Fashion Hall of Fame. [3]
Washington, D.C. had the country's largest Black community from 1900 to 1920, heavily influencing the development of the Black Renaissance in the area. [3] While the Black Renaissance movement ultimately began in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, with the Harlem Renaissance, the movement ultimately spread to cities across the United States. In ...