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Dapper Dan : made in Harlem : a memoir Cover Image Book Book

Dapper Dan : made in Harlem : a memoir

Day, Daniel R. (author.). Awake, Mikael, (author.).

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 whos-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"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780525510512
  • ISBN: 0525510516
  • ISBN: 9780525510529
  • Physical Description: print
    xvii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2019]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note: Nobody's poor -- Like a raisin in the sun -- Harlem dreams -- Sportsmen -- Firing coffee -- The cursed game -- Too easy -- Tree of life -- Home -- Mind games -- The rumble -- Hubba hubba -- Aruba -- Remakes -- A new hustle -- Boy wonder -- Closure -- Crack -- Paid in full -- Beef -- The vise -- Game over -- Flatfoot hustling -- Highways, not runways -- Harlem River blues.

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Genre: Biography.
Autobiographies.

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