Katt Williams’ multiverse-shattering Jan. 3 “Club Shay Shay” podcast interview has beget more threads of discussion than most folks can keep up with. Among them is the revived discourse around famous Black men in dresses. Ava DuVernay Is “A Freedom Fighter Posing As A Director”, Says ‘Origin’ Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Off English Williams made the […]
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An Antique Dress Held a Secret: A Coded Message From 1888
Sara Rivers Cofield was on her usual search for interesting period clothing about a decade ago when she noticed what appeared to be a “textbook” silk bustle dress from the 1800s at an antique mall in Maine. The bronze-colored dress was in good condition, with a draped skirt, puffy bustle, and metal buttons that appeared […]
Read MoreDress Worn by Princess Diana Sells for a Record $1.15 Million
She wore the ballerina-length evening dress to a 1985 dinner hosted by the mayor of Florence, Italy, and again to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra the following year. On Sunday, that dress, which belonged to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold at auction for nearly $1.15 million — a record amount for one of her dresses. The […]
Read MoreRosalynn Carter, White House Trendsetter
Rosalynn Carter, who died on Sunday at age 96, was rarely included on any list of best-dressed first ladies. She was not generally called “stylish” or “trendsetting.” She did not play the White House dress-up game, at least as designed by predecessors such as Dolley Madison and Jackie Kennedy. Most of the time, she seemed […]
Read MoreThese Ain’t Your Grandma’s MuuMuus
Photo: Etsy.com Most Black people grew up with a grandmother or auntie who wore house dresses on the regular. Whether she was fixing a meal, running to the store, or entertaining friends, her muumuu was the perfect one-piece solution. And while it wasn’t always the most fashionable, it was certainly a comfortable alternative to her […]
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