My First Blog Post
My First Blog Post
Final stages of Black History Month 2020
We are almost coming to the end of Black History Month 2020. This month, this year will go down in our history as the one that got the global community seriously thinking and asking – what is it like to be Black?
A must-have for all film tv costume departments.
A must-have for all film tv costume departments. The book Style in My DNA’ by Lorna Holder- Documenting 70 years of Caribbean influence on British Fashion. From Waterstones, Foyles, and New Beacon Books
Style in my DNA
An invaluable resource for fashion studies. Style in My DNA is an invaluable resource for fashion studies, black studies, Windrush archive study, research and social history. The striking images in the book will help anyone seeking to understand the Caribbean migrant experience. Buy from: https://www.waterstones.com/book/style-in-my-dna/lorna-patricia-holder/9780954990787 https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/style-in-my-dna/lorna-patricia-holder/9780954990787
Story telling Illustrations
Exclusive fashion illustrations Style in my DNA book by Lorna Holder, has new and exclusive fashion illustrations, documenting70 years of Caribbean influence on British fashion. The book for film & tv costume designers, fashion students and researchers. Buy from: https://www.waterstones.com/book/style-in-my-dna/lorna-patricia-holder/9780954990787 https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/style-in-my-dna/lorna-patricia-holder/9780954990787
On the dance floor
Great story telling image on the dance floor, 1960s style. Check out our Caribbean History collection on Mary Evans Picture Library. https://www.maryevans.com/lb.php?ref=43545. Images for Films, TV, Books, and for Magazine editorials, of the Black British experience.
Style in my DNA – Amazon Kindle eBook
Style in my DNA, by Lorna Holder now available to buy on Amazon as a Kindle eBook and Hard copy Amazon worldwide. Get the book here!
Travel late 1970s
In the late 1970s, travel wardrobe: camel tailored jacket, full skirt, leather bomber jacket, turtle-neck sweater, and flared trousers. Image from the book Style in my DNA, Errol and I arriving in Athens. Style in my DNA, now available worldwide as a Kindle download from Amazon and – Hard copy from Amazon websites The perfect […]
A group of friends Hanging Out 1960s Nottingham
Hanging Out A group of young African and Caribbean friends hanging out in Nottingham in the 1960s. Photograph taken by Esmel May Woma, a nurse who took unique storytelling images of people from Nottingham’s diverse community. Image from Mary Evans Picture Library British Caribbean Collection, Tuareg Production.
Taino Village tapestry
Meryle Bowden’s Taino Village Tapestry Jamaican artist Meryl Bowden’s Taino Village tapestry was acquired for the Jamaica Hidden Histories exhibition, curated by Lorna Holder in 2015. Here the artist displays in the intricate tapestry work the resourceful and industrious nature of the descendants of the Arawak Indians who settled on the island of Jamaica nearly […]