Cassidy and April discuss current events as they relate to the fashion industry and the field of Fashion Studies, highlighting where the industry and field need to go and the important POC scholars, historians, and activists who are working to get it there.

WEBSITES:

Kimberly Jenkins: www.fashionandrace.com
Cheney McKnight: www.notyourmommashistory.com
Dr. Jonathen Square: www.fashioningtheself.com, www.jonathansquare.com
Dandy Wellington: www.dandywellington.com

BOOKS:

Monica L. Miller’s book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the styling of Black Diasporic Identity
Shantrelle P. Lewis's Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style
Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul and Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion

ARTICLES:

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/opinion/op-ed-fashion-is-part-of-the-race-problem

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Fashion History Now #9