#TBT: Harlem Renaissance Fashion

#TBT: Harlem Renaissance Fashion

Cheers to the Throwback Years! Welcome to another # TBT post honoring Black Beauties from back in the day!
Today’s theme: Harlem Renaissance FashionMarie Dickerson Coker and dancing partner, ca. 1920Ð30. Mayme A. Clayton Library. Central Avenue and Beyond: The Harlem Renaissance in Los AngelesÓ on view at The Huntington Oct. 24, 2009ÐFeb 8, 2010.


 

The Harlem Renaissance known as the “The New Negro Era”, was from 1919-1933 and drenched with activism,  literature, jazz, education and more. Men walking around in their Zoot Suits, women in their flappers, pearls and large feathers. Such a classy and timeless era filled with beautiful people.

People

  • Langston Hughes- Literature
  • Sterling A. Brown- Literature
  • Billie Holiday- Singer
  • Louis Armstrong- Musician
  • Chick Webb- Musician
  • Countee Cullen- Literature
  • Ethel Waters- Musician and Actress
  • Nobel Sissel- Musician, Dancer and more
  • Lena Horne- Singer and Actress
  • and SOOOOO MANY MORE…

Fashion

I love this era because of the classiness and bougieness of it all. Pearls, dresses, fur, fancy hats, I LOVE IT ALL! You cannot tell me that the Harlem Renaissance Era is not bougie. The photos were found on Google Image search! I do not know their original photographer so I do apologize!  Well enjoy the photos below! Cheers!


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IS it #WCW Women Crush Wednesday? Oh, that was yesterday… well I am adding it to this post because one of my favorite women did a photoshoot for Vanity Fair

Uptown Girl
August 18, 2009
Photographs by MICHAEL ROBERTS

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I absolutely adore this era and would like to have a Birthday Party with this theme one year! What is your favorite fashion era?

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