Black Fashion History

Taniqua chats with Jacqueline Shaw about the importance of building sustainable fashion businesses that manufacture in an African country. Jacqueline Shaw is a fashion designer, educator and business coach who helps creative entrepreneurs, designers, brands and retailers to reimagine their supply chain to produce socially and environmentally sustainable products on the African continent.

Where to find Jacqueline:

https://jacquelineshaw.co.uk/

https://www.africafashionguide.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MsJacquelineShaw/

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Victoria Folashade Thomas-Fahm

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Taniqua continues her conversation with Rachel Fenderson about the life and career of Jay Jaxon. The ladies discuss Jaxon's move to the States, his name change and the importance of documenting your history and telling your own stories.

About Rachel Fenderson:

Rachel Fenderson was born and raised in Queens, New York, to Jamaican parents. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in English Literature at Hofstra University and later attended Parsons The New School for Design to complete a Fashion Studies, Applied Associates Science degree of Fashion Design. On January 1, 2011, Rachel Fenderson and her sister Marsha Fenderson, founded a womenswear company monikered: Pepper Jacques. By 2016, Fenderson furthered her education at Parsons Paris: The New School for Design in Paris, France. She completed her Master's thesis JAY JAXON: A Biographical Study and Media Discourse Analysis Reinstating A Designer Into Fashion History. Pursuing this degree gave her the opportunity to write the first biographical thesis study on the designer Jay Jaxon. Fenderson displayed her first exhibition on Jaxon at the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris (2018). At the Queens Public Library in Queens, New York, Fenderson brought her exhibition on Jay Jaxon to the United States for the month of August 2019. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Jay Jaxon's historical Couturier role, Fenderson will exhibit his work at the Queens Historical Society from February 2020 – December 2020. ---- Source: Queens Historical Society

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Pepper Jacques

Jay Jaxon: 40 Years of Fashion Design Brilliance exhibition

Jay Jaxon exhibition opening

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Taniqua chats with Rachel Fenderson, fashion designer, curator, historian and lead authority on Jay Jaxon, about the life and career of designer Jay Jaxon and her exhibit at the Queens Historical Society. As the first American to lead a French Couture house (Jean Louis Scherrer), Jay Jaxon paved the way for French and American designers today.

About Rachel Fenderson:

Rachel Fenderson was born and raised in Queens, New York, to Jamaican parents. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in English Literature at Hofstra University and later attended Parsons The New School for Design to complete a Fashion Studies, Applied Associates Science degree of Fashion Design. On January 1, 2011, Rachel Fenderson and her sister Marsha Fenderson, founded a womenswear company monikered: Pepper Jacques. By 2016, Fenderson furthered her education at Parsons Paris: The New School for Design in Paris, France. She completed her Master's thesis JAY JAXON: A Biographical Study and Media Discourse Analysis Reinstating A Designer Into Fashion History. Pursuing this degree gave her the opportunity to write the first biographical thesis study on the designer Jay Jaxon. Fenderson displayed her first exhibition on Jaxon at the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris (2018). At the Queens Public Library in Queens, New York, Fenderson brought her exhibition on Jay Jaxon to the United States for the month of August 2019. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Jay Jaxon's historical Couturier role, Fenderson will exhibit his work at the Queens Historical Society from February 2020 – December 2020. ---- Source: Queens Historical Society

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Instagram

Pepper Jacques

Jay Jaxon: 40 Years of Fashion Design Brilliance exhibition

Jay Jaxon exhibition opening

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Taniqua continues the conversation with Cinque Brathwaite, the co-founder and president of the Elombe Brath Foundation. Cinque talks about how the African Jazz Art Society and Studio birthed the Black is Beautiful Movement and the Grandassa models, a group that changed the standards of beauty for an entire community and became the inspiration behind the first drop of Rihanna's Fenty collection.

Elombe Brath Foundation

Kwame Brathwaite

The Grandassa Models

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Fashion and Consciousness

Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul (Gender and American Culture) by Tanisha Ford

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In the season premiere, Taniqua chats with Cinque Brathwaite, the co-founder and president of the Elombe Brath Foundation. Cinque talks about how the African Jazz Art Society and Studio birthed the Black is Beautiful Movement and the Grandassa models, a group that changed the standards of beauty for an entire community and became the inspiration behind the first drop of Rihanna's Fenty collection.

Elombe Brath Foundation

Kwame Brathwaite

The Grandassa Models

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Fashion and Consciousness

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In the final episode of the season, Taniqua chats with Gabby Layne, creator and Editor in Chief of the Strut Magazine, an independent magazine dedicated to creating a community for black fashionistas and covering black fashion culture. The two ladies discuss 2019s biggest moments in black fashion from Rihanna being the first black woman to have a luxury label as part of the LVMH fashion house to Kerby Jean-Raymond dropping out of the Business of Fashion 500 list.

The Strut Magazine

http://www.thestrutmagazine.com/

https://www.instagram.com/thestrutmagazine/

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In this episode of #BlackFashionHistory, Taniqua discusses the career of African-American designer and fashion blogger/commentator Eric Gaskins.

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In this episode of #BlackFashionHistory, Taniqua discusses the career of African-American fashion illustrator, designer and photojournalist Alvin Bell who also was the man behind the proposed Michael Jackson collection in the 80s.

Sources/Further Reading:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB858204479567365500

https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1984-11-22-2443468-story.html

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/alvin-bell-41

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