Cassidy and April discuss current events as they relate to the fashion industry and the field of Fashion Studies, highlighting where the industry and field need to go and the important POC scholars, historians, and activists who are working to get it there.

WEBSITES:

• Kimberly Jenkins: www.fashionandrace.com
• Cheney McKnight: www.notyourmommashistory.com
• Dr. Jonathen Square: www.fashioningtheself.com, www.jonathansquare.com
• Dandy Wellington: www.dandywellington.com

BOOKS:

• Monica L. Miller’s book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the styling of Black Diasporic Identity
• Shantrelle P. Lewis's Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style
• Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul and Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion

ARTICLES:

• https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/opinion/op-ed-fashion-is-part-of-the-race-problem

PODCASTS:

• The Conversations: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-conversation-with-imran-amed-about-race-fashion/id1328893989?i=1000476379010
• All My Relations: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-7-native-appropriations/id1454424563?i=1000435174856 and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-8-native-fashion/id1454424563?i=1000437549447