Title: Dapper Dan Pdf Made in Harlem
New York Times Best Seller
"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud." (Ava DuVernay, director of Selma, 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time)
With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time.
Decade after decade, Dapper Dan discovered creative ways to flourish in a country designed to privilege certain Americans over others. He witnessed, profited from, and despised the rise of two drug epidemics. He invented stunningly bold credit card frauds that took him around the world. He paid neighborhood kids to jog with him in an effort to keep them out of the drug game. And when he turned his attention to fashion, he did so with the energy and curiosity with which he approaches all things: learning how to treat fur himself when no one would sell finished fur coats to a Black man; finding the best-dressed hustler in the neighborhood and converting him into a customer; staying open 24 hours a day for nine years straight to meet demand; and, finally, emerging as a world-famous designer whose looks went on to define an era, dressing cultural icons including Eric B. and Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Mike Tyson, Alpo Martinez, LL Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Diddy, Naomi Campbell, and Jay-Z.
By turns playful, poignant, thrilling, and inspiring, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than 70 years and set against the backdrop of an America where, as in the life of its narrator, the only constant is change.
Praise for Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem:
"Dapper Dan is a true one of a kind, self-made, self-liberated, and the sharpest man you will ever see. He is couture himself." (Marcus Samuelsson, New York Times best-selling author of Yes, Chef)
"What James Baldwin is to American literature, Dapper Dan is to American fashion. He is the ultimate success saga, an iconic fashion hero to multiple generations, fusing street with high sartorial elegance. He is pure American style." (André Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor and author)
…the most dangerous black man in America Two quotes cited in the pages of Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem'…the most dangerous black man in America [is] the ghetto hustler…[he] has less respect for the white power structure…is internally restrained by nothing: no religion, no concept of morality, no civic responsibility, no fear…he is out there constantly preying upon others, probing for any human weakness…' quoted from The Autobiography of Malcolm X.“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” --- James BaldwinAttempting to escape the vicious cycle of poverty and bigotry in America by sheer gut determination is a major part of Daniel Day’s life story as it was for Malcolm X and James Baldwin.Practically three quarters of his memoir is a gripping tale of Day’s street hustles: dice, drugs, credit card “re-makes” (fascinating!). Finally, he finds his Fashion niche and, for a while, stays below the radar of Gucci and Louis Vuitton whose logos he is exploiting. Bravo to Dapper Dan for surviving and writing this riveting memoir!Ideas(Art, Science, Knowledge etc..) Are Worth Sharing I liked the memories of NYC that Dap talked about and how it brought me back to some of my suppressed memories of where I came from. I left NYC several months after the Mike Tyson and Mitch Green fight which the news spread to Jamaica Queens several hours before it hit the press. I recall riding the subway to the Mandala Center as a kid in the early 80’s to pay my bill and “Somehow Find Myself!” And looking at the art in the abandoned stations along the way, some of the gangs in the subway still wore Lee Jeans Jackets wither their Logos on the back. I’m very lucky they picked other people to rob(I have suppressed those memories) the days I saw them. The strung out people I saw after exiting the Triborough Bridge(driving with a permit then) and how much potential they had in their eyes but also with their same look how much pain they showed. Too much to even list, before I finished Dap’s book I said to myself: “How did I make it this far and why me???” Thank you Dap for also reminding me that one must never relax!!! “We are being Hustled Every Day” and just when we think 2016 is going to be a good year reflect on the years gone by...Everyone needs to read this book I started reading as soon as the book arrived and just couldn’t put it down. Such a fascinating and inspiring memoir. Whether or not you know anything about fashion and whether or not you’re familiar with Dapper Dan, his story is one that everyone should read. Highly recommended.
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