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The Black Style Now exhibit has ended. Learn more about Black Style Now and enjoy highlights from this historic exhibit in our photo galleries below.
BLACK STYLE NOW
September 9, 2006—February 19, 2007
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
www.mcny.org
212-534-1672
Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
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A groundbreaking exploration of hip-hop style and the Black fashion revolution.
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It's dynamic and diverse, bold and colorful. It's street style and high fashion. It's sexy, soulful, athletic and all about attitude. Black Style Now is an exhibition that explores how black style has evolved in New York City and how the hip-hop revolution has turned fashion on its head. Hip hop — today's most important cultural export — has made black style big business, bringing attention to black designers and claiming a huge market of consumers — black and not — who are eager to buy the latest in BLACK STYLE NOW.
The exhibition is curated by Michael Henry Adams and Michael McCollom, and features examples of pioneering black design of the past and outfits by many of today's hottest African-American designers. On display are garments worn by black style setters such as Beyoncé, Sean "Diddy" Combs, LL Cool J, and Tina Turner, and couture created by black designers like Stephen Burrows, Tracy Reese, Jeffrey Banks, CD Greene, and Montgomery. Jewelry, accessories, footwear, and clothing by major hip-hop mega-brands are also on view, as are photographs of fashion icons past and present.
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