This guide will help you access book resources related to fashion diversity and inclusivity regarding race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, size, age, and physical abilities. This is a list of University Library book resources along with links to some useful databases and online resources. Please search Discovery@Kent_State to find additional books and articles. This guide also includes a section on fashion and textile design in Africa as the continent emerges as an important player in the 21st century fashion industry and it is closely tied to broader Black diaspora fashion. 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.
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 Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion by 
Beauty, Honor, and Tradition: The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts by 
The Birth of Cool: Style Narratives of the African Diaspora
British Asian Style: Fashion and Textiles/Past and Present by 
Brown Bohemians: Honoring the Light and Magic of Our Creative Community by 
Carnival to Catwalk: Global Reflections on Fancy Dress Costume by 
Culture to Catwalk: How World Cultures Influence Fashion by 
Dressing the Resistance: The Visual Language of Protest Through History by 
Fashion and Jazz: Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation by 
Fashion and Orientalism: Dress, Textiles and Culture from the 17th to the 21st Century by 
Fashioning Diaspora: Beauty, Femininity, and South Asian American Culture by 
Fat Fashion: The Thin Ideal and the Segregation of Plus-Size Bodies by 
Feminist Interrogations of Women's Head Hair: Crown of Glory and Shame by 
Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry by 
Functional Clothing Design: From Sportswear to Spacesuits by 
Functional Textiles and Clothing 2020
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 
Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses by 
Islamic Fashion and Dress - Kleidung und Mode Im Islam by 
Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul by 
MeXicana Fashions: Politics, Self-Adornment, and Identity Construction by 
Modesty: A Fashion Paradox: Uncovering the Causes, Controversies and Key Players Behind the Global Trend to Conceal, Rather than Reveal / Hafsa Lodi by 
The New Beauty: A Modern Look at Beauty, Culture, and Fashion by 
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion by 
Night Flowers: From Avant-Drag to Extreme Haute Couture 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 
A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk by 
Rethinking Fashion Globalization edited by Sarah Cheang, Erica de Greef and Takagi Yoko
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
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 
Ghea Panggabean: Asia Bohemian Chic: Indonesian Heritage Becomes Fashion by 
Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon: Musings of a Geriatric Starlet by 
Michelle Style: Celebrating the First Lady of Fashion by 
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