Dapper Dan : made in Harlem : a memoir
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Random House, [2019]
Physical Description
xvii, 277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Summary
"With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own flamboyant designs. But before reinventing fashion, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books, and, finally, a designer who broke barriers to outfit a whos-who of music, sport, and crime world celebrities in looks that went on to define an era. By turns playful, poignant, and inspiring, Dapper Dan's memoir is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than 70 years and set against the backdrop of an ever-evolving America"--
Contents
- Nobody's poor
- Like a raisin in the sun
- Harlem dreams
- Sportsmen
- Firing coffee
- The cursed game
- Too easy
- Tree of life
- Home
- Mind games
- The rumble
- Hubba hubba
- Aruba
- Remakes
- A new hustle
- Boy wonder
- Closure
- Crack
- Paid in full
- Beef
- The vise
- Game over
- Flatfoot hustling
- Highways, not runways
- Harlem River blues.