The Making of Black Ivy Style
A new book examines how Black civil rights leaders, jazzmen, artists and writers rewrote the sartorial codes of a largely white elite.
The idea is to die young as late as possible. — Ashley Montagu — Tuesday November 23rd — —
“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Tuesday November 23rd — —
“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” – Herbert Simon — Tuesday November 23rd — —
A new book examines how Black civil rights leaders, jazzmen, artists and writers rewrote the sartorial codes of a largely white elite.