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Search - Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir

Dapper Dan Made in Harlem A Memoir
Author: Daniel R. Day, Mikael Awake

?Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn?t just about fashion. It?s about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud.??Ava Duvernay, director of Selma, 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time — With his now-legendary store on 125th Street... more » in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time.

Decade after decade, Dapper Dan discovered creative ways to flourish in a country designed to privilege certain Americans over others. He witnessed, profited from, and despised the rise of two drug epidemics. He invented stunningly bold credit card frauds that took him around the world. He paid neighborhood kids to jog with him in an effort to keep them out of the drug game. And when he turned his attention to fashion, he did so with the energy and curiosity that he approaches all things: learning how to treat fur himself when no one would sell finished fur coats to a Black man; finding the best dressed hustler in the neighborhood and converting him into a customer; staying open twenty-four hours a day for nine years straight to meet demand; and, finally, emerging as a world-famous designer whose looks went on to define an era, dressing cultural icons including Eric B. and Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Mike Tyson, Alpo Martinez, LL Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Diddy, Naomi Campbell, and Jay-Z.

By turns playful, poignant, thrilling, and inspiring, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than seventy years and set against the backdrop of an America whose only constant, like its narrator, is change.

Advance praise for Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem

?Dapper Dan is a true one of a kind, self-made, self-liberated, and the sharpest man you will ever see. He is couture himself.??Marcus Samuelsson, New York Times bestselling author of Yes, Chef

?What James Baldwin is to American literature, Dapper Dan is to American fashion. He is the ultimate success saga, an iconic fashion hero to multiple generations, fusing street with high satirical elegance. He is pure American style.??André Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor and author

ISBN-13: 9780525510512
ISBN-10: 0525510516
Publication Date: 7/9/2019
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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