Here are Jeffrey’s incredible take on fashion visually and with brilliantly researched text…each a treasure to be added to your expanding fashion book library. I’ve listed them chronically…
To celebrate the beginning of year 5 of nenasnotes The Fashion Book Club in June 2022, I’m excited that I’ll in conversation with Jeffrey with one of his favorite subjects, TARTAN. This book is a glorious exploration of all things tartan!
Am I allowed to have a favorite…if so it has to be NORELL Master of American Fashion. Lucky me that the book brought Jeffrey into my life (I always find it fascinating how one becomes immediate friends with a total stranger) and he has been a HUGE support of both nenasnotes The Fashion Book and Film Clubs, a great conversationalist on all things fashion, he knows everyone, you must follow him on Instagram! It brought Michael Vollbracht back to life with Michael’s dramatic illustrations (another friend…I worked with him on several occasions), and, of course, Mr. Norell, THE master creator of American Fashion. I still can’t believe I produced several of his fashion shows while I was at Saks Fifth Avenue, Chicago. An unassuming brilliant fashion icon. Lucky three times over being exposed to the greats of the dynamics of fashion!
With this post I complete my celebration and exploration of Black History Month through the many books about Black designers, influencers and authors. A varied group of entrepreneurs ALL making their mark not only in the history of fashion but history period! They must be saluted, remembered and studied. I hope all fashion study programs in all levels of education take note and include them in their curriculum and all libraries and book sellers have them in their stacks. As I said in my first post on this subject, we must learn our history not toss it away and let’s honor Black history all the time not just one month a year!
