The regulating bodies of tennis quite literally hoped to regulate the bodies of those who played professional tennis on the elite courts on both sides of the Atlantic through the color line of race and fashion.
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Madras fabric is a dyed cotton textile that at once, possesses both global and profoundly specific cultural resonances.
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American fashion tends to have a short memory for past designers, but Isaia Rankin’s influence is abundantly evident in contemporary fashion, from designer sweatshirts, to layered separates that play with volume, and functional, yet sexy, knit dresses and leggings. Furthermore, his position as a Black designer and businessman is important to emphasize in an industry that too often overlooks designers of colour.
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