Title

Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function: A Pocket Guide to Slavery

Contributor Names

Square, Jonathan Michael

Lisby, Darnell-Jamal

Date

2018-03-22

Description

A lecture on the history of pockets in enslaved people's clothing and its modern implications in African-American dress. This event was moderated and organized by students in FIT's Fashion and Textile Studies MA program.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Clothing and dress

Handbags

Pockets

Aprons

African Americans

Clothing

History

Slaves

United States

Social conditions

Fashion

19th century

18th century

Brooks Brothers (Firm)

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000818