Adorning Adversaries Affecting Avenues

Download or read book Adorning Adversaries, Affecting Avenues written by Abena Lewis-Mhoon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the late nineteenth and early twentieth century African American designer and her role in the American fashion industry. It covers literature written about African American women's dress and adornment during this time period, the African "memory" and the cultural continuum, the critical role and importance of the African American seamstress as a designer, corporal and sartorial restrictions placed on African American women and their impact on fashion design in Washington, D.C. In addition to fashion and everyday clothing, it examines the standard of beauty, the history of slave clothing, beauty shops and hairdressing.