Luxe streetwear designers Dapper Dan (DapperDanHarlem) and TheHundreds' Bobby Kim share their fashion stories in new books
, co-authored with writer Mikael Awake, hit shelves July 9 from Penguin Random House.
His story begins in 1944 in a “Harlem that was still in the midst of its Renaissance.” Nicknamed Dancing Danny as a child, the style-minded entrepreneur — the fourth son of seven children — made a living as a craps gambler and earned enough money to buy his own clothes. “No more hand-me-downs from my brothers… No more shoplifting,” he writes.
Ultimately, fashion was his way out. Day started selling stolen department store clothing out of his car in the mid-’70s before opening the pioneering Dapper Dan Boutique, attracting “hustlers and drug dealers” with his decadent fur and leather jackets. His clientele grew to future moguls and cultural icons, such as Olympian Diane Dixon .
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