Last night I was honored to attend the opening reception for a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York celebrating the work of legendary African-American designer Stephen Burrows: Stephen Burrows is widely touted as the first African-American designer to reach international acclaim. Known for his signature lettuce hems and bias cuts, Continue Reading
Oscar de la Renta, Billie Blair, Jerry Hall, Pat Cleveland, Andre Leon Talley, Dalma in the 1970′s. Vintage Snapshots take a look back at ad campaigns, pictures, and editorials featuring men and women of color. No words, just an image. Enjoy…and discuss! Source: Vintage Black Glamour
Pat Cleveland and Norma Jean Darden with designer Betsey Johnson after her Spring 1974 show in November, 1973. Vintage Snapshots take a look back at ad campaigns, pictures, and editorials featuring men and women of color. No words, just an image. Enjoy…and discuss! Photo by Pierre Schermann/Conde Nast spied @VintageBlackGlamour.
Pat Cleveland by Dustin Pittman Modeling Halston’s Spring 1980 Collection. October 1979. Vintage Snapshots take a look back at ad campaigns, pictures, and editorials featuring men and women of color. No words, just an image. Enjoy…and discuss! Image from Condé Nast Archives Spied @Vintage Black Glamour
• A documentary on the first black models to walk the high fashion runways is currently in production. Versailles ’73: An American Revolution will focus on the stories of black models like China Machado, Bethann Hardison, Pat Clevland, and more, and their experiences of breaking into a fashion industry that was even more whitewashed than Continue Reading
With an electric smile, long limbs, and a whirling dervish of a walk, model Pat Cleveland took Paris and the world by storm in the late 1970′s. The Cherokee/Black/Irish gazelle was first spied by a Vogue Editor in 1967 at the age of fourteen on her way to Manhattan’s LaGuardia Performing Arts School. In a Continue Reading
Legendary model Pat Cleveland by Cedric Buchet for V Magazine’s ‘Who Cares about Age’ Issue. Snapshot is a section showcasing ad campaigns, pictures, and editorials featuring men and women of color. No words, just an image. Enjoy..and discuss! Source: Models.com
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