Show Up – Wrapping The Self Made Wardrobe Revisited

Talking About Clothes with Holly Chayes

This is the final episode of season three of Talking About Clothes. In it, I talk about how the hardest part of this whole year-long project was showing up everyday and doing the thing I showed up to do. And also, how after a transformative year (which this year of The Self-Made Wardrobe Project certainly was), there’s no going back to the way things were before. That year changed how I related to my clothes in fundamental ways.

Thank you for revisiting this project with me, now I hope you’ll take some time to explore these remarkable Black creators and thinkers working in clothing-related fields. Because Black lives matter. And these creators are doing incredible things.

In Style, Handmade Style & Sewing

• Brittany Diego is a celebrity stylist and fashion consultant. She also hosts the Fashion School Dropout Podcast. Website: https://www.brittanytdiego.com/ Instagram: @brittanydiego Podcast: Fashion School Dropout
• Stephanie Thomas, the founder and CEO of Cur8able, is a disability fashion stylist, speaker, and consultant. Website: https://cur8able.com/ Podcast: Cur8able the Podcast Instagram: @disabilityfashionstylist
• Jasika Nicole, is an actress and also makes her entire wardrobe. Website: http://jasikanicole.com/ Instagram: @jasikaistrycurious
• Marcy Harriell, as she says in her IG bio, is an actor, singer, sewist, and merrymaker. Website: http://www.oonaballoona.com/ Instagram: @marcyharriell
• Black Girls Sew™ is “committed to making an impact on the lives of women and youth through education in sewing, design and entrepreneurship.” Instagram: @blackgirlssew

In Clothing Sustainability

• Dominique Drakeford, Founder of MelaninASS, and Co-Founder of Sustainable Brooklyn. In her own words, she “work[s] at the intersections of sustainability and style to heal our relationship to the Earth and spark equitable change for economic wellbeing.” Website: https://www.dominiquedrakeford.com/ Instagram: @dominiquedrakeford
• Aja Barber is a a writer and fashion consultant focusing on race, intersectional feminism, and fashion. Instagram: @ajabarber Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AjaBarber

In Fashion & History

• Cheyney McKnight, founder and owner of Not Your Momma’s History, is a Historical Interpreter and Living Historian. Website: http://www.notyourmommashistory.com/ Youtube: NotYourMommasHistory Instagram: @NotYourMommasHistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotYourMommasHistory
• Dandy Wellington is a bandleader, entertainer, event producer, and creative consultant. #VintageStyleNOTVintageValues Website: https://www.dandywellington.com/ Youtube: Dandy Wellington Instagram: @dandywellington Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dandywellington

Additionally: Anti-Racism Training, Resources & People to Follow

• "Undoing Racism" by The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
• “Race Demystified" by Milagros Phillips
• Rachel Elizabeth Cargle a public academic, writer, and lecturer. Website: https://www.rachelcargle.com/ Twitter: @rachelcargle Instagram: @rachel.cargle
• Layla F. Saad is an "author, speaker & teacher on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation & social change." Website: http://laylafsaad.com/ Instagram: @laylafsaad
• The Conscious Kid: "Parenting and Education through a Critical Race Lens" Instagram: @theconsciouskid Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconsciouskid
• Nupol Kiazolu, President Black Lives Matter Greater NY and Founder/CEO of Vote 2000. Instagram: @nupol_justice Twitter: @nupol_justice
• A document with dozens of additional resources. This document was compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein in May 2020: bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES

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