The Politics of Fashion & The Economy of Self-Expression
A comparative look at Renaissance Italy, Medieval West Africa's Gold Coast, and 1990s New York City.
Fashion and Masculinity in Renaissance Italy by Elizabeth Currie is an interesting book exploring how powerful men in Florence, Italy went about flaunting their social dominance through the art of fashion.
As a Black man from New York City who came of age in the 1990s when French and Italian luxury clothing brands were culturally dominant, I can relate t…
