Black style /
edited by Carol Tulloch.
- London : New York : V & A Publications ; Distributed in North America by Herry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004.
- 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Book accompanies the exhibition "Black British Style" at the V & A Museum Oct. 2004-Jan. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.
Introduction : 'It's good to have the feeling you're the best' / Carol Tulloch -- What to wear in West Africa : textile design, dress and self-representation / John Picton -- Beyond binaries : respecting the improvisation in African-American style / Susan Kaiser [and others] -- Dancehall dress : competing codes of decency in Jamaica / Carolyn Cooper -- Check it : Black style in Britain / Carol Tulloch.
'Black Style' looks at the huge variety to be seen in black dress, hair and accessories, whether in West Africa, Jamaica, or reinvented on the streets of the United States and Great Britain.