Meet Lois K. Alexander-Lane: The Founder Of Harlem’s Long Lost Black Fashion Museum

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Kwame Brathwaite Courtesy Of The Kwame Brathwaite Archive By Iris Haastrup ·Updated October 24, 2023

Photographed by Kwame Brathwaite, Lois K. Alexander-Lane is positioned on a golden-striped chaise in a floor-caressing black dress. As her smile widens for the camera, her earrings shimmer as she faces forward, grasping her prolific 1982 textbook, Blacks in the History of Fashion. Capturing her in all her splendor, she is enveloped by

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