Carol Tulloch

Style—Fashion—Dress: From Black to Post-Black

Abstract This article examines terms that are central to critical thinking on dress associated with the African diaspora. Through a series of case studies produced and/or used in the UK, the USA, and South Africa, notably London, New York, and Soweto, the terms style, fashion, dress, black, and post-black are considered with regard to specific use, contemporary relevance, or past-present connections. Such multi-faceted links projected from the clothed black body are to be expected in diasporic practices. A key aim of this article is to expand on this and to think about these terms in relation to garments and black bodies of the African diaspora as networks of ideas and concerns.

Units of Possibility: The Reknit Revolution

Carol Tulloch is a professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism. Her recent work includes the monograph The Birth of Cool: Style Narratives of the African Diaspora (2016), the book and exhibition Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism (2015), and the exhibition Jessica Ogden: Still (2017). Carol is the Chelsea College of Arts/V&A Fellow in Black Visual and Material Culture at the V&A Museum. c.tulloch@chelsea.arts. ac.uk Reviewed by Carol Tulloch Exhibition Review: Units of Possibility: The Reknit Revolution