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Ep. 27 | The Creator of the Black Fashion Museum: Lois Alexander Lane
Ep. 27 | The Creator of the Black Fashion Museum: Lois Alexander Lane
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14 minutes
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Aug 27, 2020
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Lois Alexander Lane dedicated her life’s work to highlight the role of African Americans in fashion since the beginning of the 19th Century. She created the Black Fashion Museum which housed the largest and rarest Black fashion collection of all time. Listen to her story. Sources/Further Reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/21/AR2010052101654_3.html?sid=ST2010052101774 https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/celebrating-fashion-icon-lois-k-alexander-lane https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-black-fashion-museum-founded-by-ms-lois-alexander-lane/ https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/lois-k-alexander-lane/g11cmdh75_3?hl=en https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/26/AR2007102602221.html http://harlembespoke.blogspot.com/2010/04/walk-harlems-forgotten-fashion.html https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/harlem-week-history-style-article-1.1417365 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/black-fashion-history/message
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Aug 27, 2020
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