To Be Seen and Not Defined: Dandyism and the Black Intellectual Imagination
Born a generation later, James Baldwin, like Hurston, did not wear his wounds; instead, he wore sunglasses. Scarves. Coats with sharp collars and clean lines. His wardrobe wasn’t extravagant, but it was exacting, each garment chosen like a well-placed word. He dressed the way he wrote: with rhythm and always in response to what the …
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