| Description: |
xvii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Summary: |
"With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own flamboyant designs. But before reinventing fashion, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books, and, finally, a designer who broke barriers to outfit a who's-who of music, sport, and crime world celebrities in looks that went on to define an era. By turns playful, poignant, and inspiring, Dapper Dan's memoir is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than 70 years and set against the backdrop of an ever-evolving America"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents: |
Danny Boy. Nobody's poor -- Like a raisin in the sun -- Harlem dreams -- Sportsmen -- Firing coffee -- Middle passages. The cursed game -- Too easy -- Tree of life -- Home -- Mind games -- The rumble -- Hubba hubba -- Aruba -- Remakes -- The shop that never closed. A new hustle -- Boy wonder -- Closure -- Crack -- Paid in full -- Beef -- The vise -- Game over -- Underground runway. Flatfoot hustling -- Highways, not runways -- Harlem River blues. |
| Subject: |
Day, Daniel R.
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African American fashion designers -- Biography.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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| Genre: |
Autobiographies.
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| Contributors: |
Awake, Mikael, author.
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| ISBN/ISSN: |
9780525510512 (hardcover) |
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0525510516 (hardcover) |
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