This guide will help you access books, as well as some useful databases and online resources related to Black fashion including African-American fashion, African fashion, and Black diaspora fashion. Please search Discovery@Kent_State to find additional books and articles. We would love to hear about the resources that you think are important.
Subscription resources are available to Kent State University faculty and students, and internet resources are available to all users. You may also wish to consult the guide, Fashion Resources: Diversity & Inclusion for additional fashion resources regarding religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, size, age, and physical abilities.
Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment by 
Afropolitanism and the Black Blogosphere / Christelle Kedi ; edited by Halimat Shode and Nigel Watt
The Birth of Cool: Style Narratives of the African Diaspora
The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection by 
Brown Bohemians: Honoring the Light and Magic of Our Creative Community by 
Carnival to Catwalk: Global Reflections on Fancy Dress Costume by 
Dressing the Resistance: The Visual Language of Protest Through History by 
Fashion and Jazz: Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation by 
Feminist Interrogations of Women's Head Hair: Crown of Glory and Shame by 
Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry by 
Hip Hop at the End of the World: The Photography of Ernie Paniccioli by 
Hip Hop Files: Photographs 1979-1984 / Martha Cooper by 
How to Slay: Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style by 
Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul by 
The New Beauty: A Modern Look at Beauty, Culture, and Fashion by 
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion by 
Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present by 
A Queen Within Adorned Archetypes / curation and exhibition design, Sofia Hedman, Serge Martynov by 
Shopping While Black: Consumer Racial Profiling in America by 
Skin Deep: Inside the World of Black Fashion Models by 
Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity by 
Soul Style: Black Women Redefining the Color of Fashion by 
Soul Thieves: The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture by 
Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit by 
Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion by 
This is Not Fashion: Streetwear Past, Present and Future by 
Threads of Time the Fabric of History: Profiles of African American Dressmakers and Designers, 1850-2003 / Rosemary E. Reed Miller
Walking Mannequins: How Race and Gender Inequalities Shape Retail Clothing Work by 
What Makes That Black?: The African American Aesthetic in American Expressive Culture by 
Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style by 
Fabric of Dreams: Designing My Own Success / Anthony Mark Hankins with Debbie Markley by 
Michelle Style: Celebrating the First Lady of Fashion by 
Today's Hours: 
Ask Us
My Library Account
