Legendary designer Dapper Dan's new memoir is an invitation to explore everything that led him to where he is
has been known as Dapper Dan since he was a teenager. He was making a living and a reputation shooting dice outside his high school, and an older saxophonist who previously had the nickname was watching him play. In his new memoir,Day writes that when the man saw his “shined shoes and Continental pants and collared shirt, an admiring look spread across his face.” After Dancing Danny, as Day was then known, gathered his winnings, the man announced, “You the new Dapper Dan now.
Dressed in an ascot and vest, he certainly looked the part of a lifelong designer. But almost two thirds ofpass before Day’s celebrated boutique enters the picture. The Gucci collaboration that he’s worked on for the past couple of years is only mentioned in a photo caption. Day is a great talker. He answers queries in multiple paragraphs, with a healthy deployment of metaphor. When he’s not responding to questions, he’s providing his own. “If you’re standing on the mountain,” Day said, “you can’t see the mountain. You walked up to the mountain, so you have a better view, because you’ve been in the valley. So I’m actually like, What is it about the mountain that you see?” It wasn’t rhetorical.
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