William Dorsey Swann
As one of the first known drag queens, William Dorsey Swann unapologetically expressed himself in a time when queerness was an unspeakable crime, holding drag balls in the 1880s-90s that would popularize ballroom culture.
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Diana Vreeland’s Peculiar Relationship to Blackness
Vreeland is most remembered as an enduring tastemaker and groundbreaking editor-in-chief at Vogue, but it should not be forgotten that she is also perpetrator of not-so-subtle racism that prevailed among women of her race and class.
The Ebony Fashion Fair
The Ebony Fashion Fair brought the colorful fashion pages of Ebony magazine to people across the United States for 51 years.
