Africa's fashion diaspora

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"Tracing the local and global impact of Black diasporic designers, Africa's Fashion Diaspora is one of the first books to explore the diverse perspectives and significant roles that Black designers have contributed to the creation of international fashion culture. With a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this book features some of the best examples of innovative fashion throughout the period and contextualizes how diasporic designers' work can speak to contemporary issues, including decolonization, sustainability, and social equity. Diasporic designers cannot be monolithically defined--they come from varied cultures and their work speaks to their personal experiences, as well as wide ranges of influence. Featuring cutting-edge designers such as Oliver Rousteing, Tremaine Emory, Virgil Abloh and their work in the major fashion houses of Balmain, Denim Tears and Off-White, as well as Pathé'O, Stephen Burrows, Patrick Kelly and the iconic designs from the 1970s and 1980s. Hylan Booker's creative output during his time as head of the House of Worth during the 1960s London relaunch is also explored. Africa's Fashion Diaspora introduces readers to important, yet unexamined fashion histories that form our current fashion ecosystem and support the impactful designers who are shaping contemporary culture"-- Provided by publisher.

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Director's foreword: A more complete history of fashion / by Valerie Steele - Introduction: Fashion as a diasporic cultural space / by Elizabeth Way -- Diversity in fashion / by Pamela Newkirk -- Broadly, speaking / by heeten bhagat and Erica de Greef -- The Ivorian cultural renaissance : a history of fashion from the 1960s to today / by Joelle Firzli -- "Made in Kenya" : a language of being / by Iona McCreath -- Black fashion matters / by Janice Deul -- Cross stitchings : fashion, textile art, and Black feminism between the U.S. and Brazil / by Jonathan Michael Square -- Imagining Africa in Black American fashion / by Elizabeth Way -- Callaloo people : the designs of Robert Young and Celia Ledón / by Teleica Kirkland -- From Akwete to designer fashion : revaluing textile histories and indigenous knowledge in Nigeria / by Harriet Hughes -- Lia Samantha : stitching Africa and Colombia together / by Tamara J. Walker -- Hylan Booker : grace, romance, distinction, and the House of Worth / by Christine Checinska.