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Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion

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"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 ... [in] 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; ...

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Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion 2019, St. Martin's Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781250173539

Hardcover