{"product_id":"black-designers-in-american-fashion-9781350138476","title":"Black Designers in American Fashion","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Elizabeth Keckly's designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln's wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashion. However, many of their achievements have gone unrecognized. This book, inspired by the award-winning exhibition at the Museum at FIT, uncovers hidden histories of Black designers at a time when conversations about representation and racialized experiences in the fashion industry have reached all-time highs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn chapters from leading and up-and-coming authors and curators, \u003ci\u003eBlack Designers in American Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e uses previously unexplored sources to show how Black designers helped build America's global fashion reputation. From enslaved 18th-century dressmakers to 20th-century \"star\" designers, via independent modistes and Seventh Avenue workers, the book traces the changing experiences of Black designers under conditions such as slavery, segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement. \u003ci\u003eBlack Designers in American Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e shows that within these contexts Black designers maintained multifaceted practices which continue to influence American and global style today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterweaving fashion design and American cultural history, this book fills critical gaps in the history of fashion and offers insights and context to students of fashion, design, and American and African American history and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Way \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Curator of Costume at The Museum at FIT, New York, USA. She co-curated the 2016 exhibition \u003ci\u003eBlack Fashion Designers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510905409810,"sku":"9781350138476","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be6dabc3-69b2-4fec-a78a-8d5cf6886e3f.jpg?v=1730938839","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-designers-in-american-fashion-9781350138476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}