![]() Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters is now back in print and this hardcover edition has the same sumptuously printed pages as the original Vintage Black Glamour, and is just as desirable. Their stories – often neglected in mainstream histories of their profession – are revealed in this groundbreaking book. ![]() Gentlemen’s Quarters includes pioneering photographer Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, Flournoy Miller, the writer behind the original Broadway version of “Shuffle Along” the first black musical on Broadway, the magnetic 70s actor, Calvin Lockhart and many, many others. ![]() Now it’s the turn of the men to show off their style, glitz and panache.Īlongside profiles and photographs of world-renowned Black stars such as Duke Ellington, Sidney Poitier and Muhammed Ali, Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters – like the first book – contains biographies and images of less-known but hugely influential artists. Nichelle Gainer filled the original Vintage Black Glamour book with the stories and photographs of the women who epitomised black glamour. Vintage Black Glamour uses elegance as a tool for social commentary: By focusing the personal and professional accomplishments of her subjects, and providing plenty of context, Gainer has turned what could have easily been a bourgeois manifesto into a meaningful project. ![]()
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