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Category Archives: 2010s
Native Daughters of the Golden West
I am always amazed by the number of women’s organizations that I have never heard of. While looking through Calisphere, I discovered this photo of a 1948 meeting of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, a group that celebrates … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 2010s
Tagged California, Chicana Latina, colors, pants, women's organizations
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Eunice Johnson–Black Power Fashion
It is hard to overestimate the contribution of Eunice Johnson (1916-2010) to African American fashion in the United States. She and her husband were the founders of Ebony and Jet. Although she worked as secretary and treasurer for the Johnson … Continue reading
Oldsters at the Pride Parade
If you associate gay pride events with young men in colorful costumes, then you are probably overlooking the older women who are also part of the parade. The lesbians who took part in the Gay Rights’ movement of the 1960s … Continue reading
Aging in Color: Ruth Adler Schnee
Famous textile designer Ruth Adler Schnee (1923-2023) died this month at the age of 99. She is credited with bringing textile design into the world of midcentury modernism. The daughter of an antiquarian bookseller and a Bauhaus graduate, her family … Continue reading
A Faith Ringgold Retrospective
Aren’t there times when you wished you lived in New York City? I wish I were there now to see the Faith Ringgold retrospective at the New Museum. It is the first comprehensive US retrospective of her work, beginning with … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Tagged African American, artist, New Jersey, New York, textiles, visual arts
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Book Review–Bill Cunningham: On the Street
Bill Cunningham, the famous fashion photographer, liked to claim that he wasn’t a photographer at all. Instead he was a columnist who wrote with pictures. There is something to this statement. The story goes that he first documented what he … Continue reading
The Birmingham Project of Dawoud Bey
The Whitney Museum in New York City is currently showing the work of Dawoud Bey, an African American photographer with an inclusive eye. One of his most inventive works is the Birmingham Project of 2012, commemorating 50 years since the … Continue reading
Aminah Robinson–Life into Art
This stunning piece is a good introduction into the work of Columbus, Ohio artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940-2015). Using the materials of daily life—paper, pencils, fabric, trim, and buttons, she creates stunning compositions. The mixed media creation above serves … Continue reading
Book Review: Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas
First the bad news, then the good: that’s the structure of this book. You can see it in the subtitle—“The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.” The bad news section of the book, about a fifth of … Continue reading