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Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion
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From Pulitzer Prize winner Mitchell S. Jackson comes the story of basketball, blending history with timely themes of race, media, politics and culture. Fly traces the growth of basketball set against the backdrop of the growth of America through Civil Rights. This is a gorgeous book, both in its overall aesthetic and in its narrative prowess.
Equal parts photo-rich lookbook, and cultural commentary, Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion is the story of the extraordinary intersection of high fashion and basketball, from the league's inception to today, and celebrates the iconic style of NBA athletes * A USA Today Bestseller
Each chapter explores the style of an era and the cultural influences that shaped it: The league’s inception in 1949, pre-Civil Rights Movement, when the NBA was mostly comprised of white players who wore su...
Each chapter explores the style of an era and the cultural influences that shaped it: The league’s inception in 1949, pre-Civil Rights Movement, when the NBA was mostly comprised of white players who wore su...
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Flyest of Them All? Mitchell Jackson on Fashion and the NBA.
A crucial fact about me: I’m from Portland, Oregon. One of my hometown’s AKA’s is RIP City. It was christened such because we love our Trailblazers. When I was a young buck, the Blazers had a great team, even battled Michael Jordan’s Bulls in the 1992 Finals. The starting five of that Blazers squad were […]
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