Fashion designer Balenciaga was been appropriating fashion ideas from Harlem since the 1940;s. Today Fader reported that shortly after Gucci was accused of ripping off Dapper Dan's one of a kind piece ("it was an homage"), Swizz Beatz (Alicia Keys husband) took to Instagram to point out another uncanny similarity between a major design house's runway design and a classic street style.
The 21st Annual Juneteenth Celebration In Harlem
Photographs and text by Gorbachev Street
The tradition continues with the Annual Juneteenth Celebration. A day for African Americans to observe the glorious day Union General Gordon Granger entered into Gavelston,TX on June 19, 1865, reading aloud the emancipation which led to the freedom of 250,000 slaves. Continue reading