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03112aam a2200457 i 4500 001 60B0F4D4AD0F11E98C46566A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190723010101 008 190117s2019 nyu 000 0deng 010 $a 2019001794 020 $a 1250173531 020 $a 9781250173539 (hardcover) : 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NjBwBT $d IMmBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GT615 $b .F67 2019 082 00 $a 391 $2 23 100 1 $a Ford, Tanisha C, $e author. 245 10 $a Dressed in dreams : $b a black girl's love letter to the power of fashion / $c Tanisha C. Ford. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 246 pages ; $c 22 cm. 505 0 $a Dashiki -- Leather jacket -- Jheri curl -- Tennis shoes -- Baggy jeans -- Coochie cutters -- Knee-high boots -- Bamboo earrings -- Afro puff -- Hoodie. 520 $a "In this highly engaging book, fashionista and pop culture expert Tanisha C. Ford investigates Afros and dashikis, go-go boots and hotpants of the sixties, hip hop's baggy jeans and bamboo earrings, and the #BlackLivesMatter-inspired hoodies of today. The history of these garments is deeply intertwined with Ford's story as a black girl coming of age in a Midwestern rust belt city. She experimented with the Jheri curl; discovered how wearing the wrong color tennis shoes at the roller rink during the drug and gang wars of the 1980s could get you beaten; and rocked oversized, brightly colored jeans and Timberlands at an elite boarding school where the white upper crust wore conservative wool shift dresses. Dressed in Dreams is a story of desire, access, conformity, and black innovation that explains things like the importance of knockoff culture; the role of "ghetto fabulous" full-length furs and colorful leather in the 1990s; how black girls make magic out of a dollar store t-shirt, rhinestones, and airbrushed paint; and black parents' emphasis on dressing nice. Ford talks about the pain of seeing black style appropriated by the mainstream fashion industry and fashion's power, especially in middle America. In this richly evocative narrative, she shares her lifelong fashion revolution--from figuring out her own personal style to discovering what makes Midwestern fashion a real thing too."--Amazon.com. 650 0 $a Clothing and dress $z United States. 650 0 $a Fashion $z United States. 650 0 $a African American women $x Clothing. 650 0 $a Blacks $z United States. $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations. 600 10 $a Ford, Tanisha C. $x Clothing. 650 0 $a African American college teachers $v Biography. 941 $a 8 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417014945.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018012919.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020816.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220105020246.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015528.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20200227031040.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20200208014255.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110081245.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60B0F4D4AD0F11E98C46566A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search