Founder, The Fashion and Race Database Founder, Artis Solomon Consulting I love exploring why we wear what we wear, sharing stories and lessons that matter.
New York, NY
Joined April 2020
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🎧 Ep.2: “Rhythm and Muse” is out now: "When hip-hop’s popularity skyrocketed in the 90s and early 2000s, designers and stylists embraced—and dressed—their tribes" bit.ly/3Mxk5cH
🎧 Ep.1: “No Blueprint” from 'The Invisible Seam: Unsung Stories of Black Culture and Fashion' is out!
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#fashionhistory #Blackculture #BlackHistory
I'm proud to be the host of a new podcast about the contributions of Black culture to American fashion. Grateful to @TommyHilfiger and @pineapplemedia for making this possible.
Discover unsung stories of Black Culture and fashion in our latest podcast, #TheInvisibleSeam. Get ready to tune in from April 20th on your favorite podcast streaming platform. Listen to the trailer now: tom.my/6016KF2nq #TommyHilfiger @ProfKimJ
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation: NYC Memorial for Hercules, Chef Enslaved By George Washington - Sign the Petition! chng.it/d2g7hmZf via @Change
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These days, I am reminded quite often that you do not have to be white to support white supremacy.
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The audacity of Shell asking YOU what YOU’RE willing to do to reduce emissions. 🙄
They’re showing you RIGHT HERE how the suggestion that indiv choices - not systems - are a main driver of climate change is a fossil fuel talking point.
Yes, make good choices. Reign in FF corps.
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Republicans are Very Mad (again) about my appearance. This time they’re mad that I look good in borrowed clothes (again).
Listen, if Republicans want pointers on looking your best, I’m happy to share.
Tip #1: Drink water and don’t be racist
Kimberly M. Jenkins retweeted
Republicans are Very Mad (again) about my appearance. This time they’re mad that I look good in borrowed clothes (again).
Listen, if Republicans want pointers on looking your best, I’m happy to share.
Tip #1: Drink water and don’t be racist
Proud to expand the database’s content to guest contributors-I encourage you to check out our latest Objects That Matter by @joeykim
Check out this short entry on the 🇰🇷 Korean hanbok I wrote for the Fashion and Race Database. Thanks for starting this awesome database, @ProfKimJ! More to come! fashionandrace.org/database/… #hanbok #fashionandrace
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Happening today at 4:30 pm! Join @ProfKimJ, makeup artist Sir John (known for his work with Beyoncé) and founder of The Fem League @YomiAbiola as they discuss image-making as a blueprint for systemic change. Register here: fal.cn/3b5XV
Thank you!
@ProfKimJ, today's "Retail as a Portal: Image-making as a Blueprint for Systemic Change" was the best so far. @YomiAbiola ❤️❤️❤️
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As soon as Pence started denying the existence of systemic racism, the fly got him! #VPDebate
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📣‼️JOB OFFER at the Fashion Design Department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna: GRACE WALES BONNER @walesbonner (Head of Fashion) is looking for a Full-Time Research Assistant (40 hrs/week, limited for 3 yrs) - closing date is OCT 22 📣‼️
ALT Wales Bonner ESSENCE Spring Summer 2021, photographed by Sean + Seng
ALT Job advertisement for a full-time research assistant at the fashion design department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
🎥🍿 Friday nights are made for fashion films! Join me for “Film Night,” a monthly series that showcases a fashion (or fashion-adjacent) film, a thematic menu and a post-film discussion:
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Part Three, “The Intersection of Race and the Gaze in Fashion Photography” features the next generation of photographers who are developing images of joy, resilience, introspection and transcendence: bit.ly/2ZidwoW (4/4) #IMD2020
Part Two, “The Racialized Body and Fashionability” features young artists interrogating and disrupting dominant racist narratives through design and illustration: bit.ly/2z0hoQZ (3/4) #IMD2020
Part One, “Deconstructing Ideas, Reconstructing Identities” features young artists confronting the ramifications of race through creative acts of subversion: bit.ly/2ZbWVDn (2/4) #IMD2020
