Dapper Dan made in Harlem : a memoir
"With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own flamboyant designs. But before reinventing fashion, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug de...
| Main Authors: | Day, Daniel R. (Author), Awake, Mikael (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own flamboyant designs. But before reinventing fashion, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books, and, finally, a designer who broke barriers to outfit a whos-who of music, sport, and crime world celebrities in looks that went on to define an era. By turns playful, poignant, and inspiring, Dapper Dan's memoir is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than 70 years and set against the backdrop of an ever-evolving America"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780525510512 0525510516 |
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