Miss Honey Brown Almond

Zuni Pueblo. Scanned from the book Insight Guides: Native America; 1993; photos by John Running & Monty Roessel

beyoncé photographed by daniel moss on the set of her “me, myself and i” music video (2003)

Dinah Washington, Los Angeles, 1959. Singer and pianist Dinah Washington was a trailblazer who embraced multi-colored wigs and extravagant furs to match her flamboyant jazz style. She announces that if Doris Day and Elvis Presley are going to make money singing the blues then she has a right to adopt their white personae in her performances. Washington's crossover success inspires later artists - such as Etta James, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Mary J. Blige, etc. - to do the same.

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Ming Lee Simmons wearing LaQuan Smith FW23

Salvador De Bahia, Brazil, Feb 1992, photo by Christopher Pillitz