Now, in the same month Martin would have turned 26 had he lived, wearing a hoodie is still sparking conversations and debate around racist perceptions of Black young people.
âIâll never forget when Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012, I was 12 years old,â wrote Chicago Bullsâ player Coby White on Instagram.
White has been wearing a number of custom-made hoodies from A3 Craaaftz, including ones celebrating historical figures during Black History Month such as Claudette Colvin, Matthew Henson, Shirley Chisholm and one of Martin featuring the logo âDonât Shootâ.
âThis is when I realized racism was real. From that moment on I knew I had to be very aware of my surroundings as a means of survival,â he wrote. âMy father made sure I was cautious, especially if I had a hoodie on in public.â
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We Wore What? Centuries of Global Fashion as a System of Power
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By Catherine E. McKinley By Richard Thompson Ford
When it comes to fashion history, many contributors and stories have been overlooked. Two new books Catherine E. McKinley’s “The African Lookbook” and Richard Thompson Ford’s “Dress Codes” provide a long-overdue course correction: McKinley on fashion on the continent over several decades, and Thompson on the rules, both written and unwritten, that govern what people put on their bodies and so much more.
For more than 150 years, the images of what is fashionable that have been presented to the world in magazines, books, on screens large and small, on runways have overwhelmingly been of white women. Even when the clothes and accessories on display have been created by and for African and Black women. And in recent years, those Black women who have gained visibility in the industry
Why do barristers wear wigs? Dress Codes explores fashion and the law
Ask any attorney about the most outlandish clothing they ve seen worn in a courtroom, and most will have a colorful story. But what determines the appropriateness of any outfit?
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Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, Stanford Law School professor Richard Thompson Ford looks at why we wear what we wear, how that has changed over the centuries, and the laws that were codified around what could be worn and in what situations.
For example, in the legal profession, fashion is generally quite conservative compared to some other industries. But why are wigs worn by judges and barristers in the United Kingdom but not in the United States? Why is it a power move in Silicon Valley to wear a T-shirt and jeans? How can your fashion choices wind up getting you charged for murder or acquitted of those charges?