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Liberated Threads
Stories of Black Style
Series: Aperture Magazine
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Exploring fashion and style as a political language and tool of resistance in the African diaspora. Aperture's Summer issue highlights image makers around the world who are exploring style and fashion as a language of Black resistance, refusal, and joy. Guest edited by the writer and...
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Exploring fashion and style as a political language and tool of resistance in the African diaspora.
Aperture's Summer issue highlights image makers around the world who are exploring style and fashion as a language of Black resistance, refusal, and joy. Guest edited by the writer and researcher Tanisha C. Ford and titled after her 2015 book, Liberated Threads, this edition features photographers, stylists, and filmmakers who remix, reimagine, and in some cases, reject the aesthetic and politics of what she calls the 'soul style' of the twentieth century.
The issue sparks a bold conversation about style's ability to create possibilities for solidarity and selfhood today.
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Cosmologies
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781597115803
Publisher: Aperture
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 June 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Aperture
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Aperture Aperture
- Edited by Tanisha Ford
- Edited by Tanisha C. Ford
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 215.0mm
Height: 269.0mm
Weight: 589g
Pages: 152
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