Kimberly M. Jenkins
@ProfKimJ
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Founder, The Fashion and Race Database Founder, Artis Solomon Consulting I love exploring why we wear what we wear, sharing stories and lessons that matter.
New York, NY
Joined April 2020
🎧 Ep.2: “Rhythm and Muse” is out now: "When hip-hop’s popularity skyrocketed in the 90s and early 2000s, designers and stylists embraced—and dressed—their tribes"
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A look into how the hip-hop community built its look on the margins of an unwelcoming fashion industry, before it became as universal and sought-after as it is today.
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🎧 Ep.1: “No Blueprint” from 'The Invisible Seam: Unsung Stories of Black Culture and Fashion' is out! https://t.co/7weLsdkcaq…
#fashionhistory #Blackculture #BlackHistory
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Sets the scene and establishes the root and reason for the show, with guests Jeffrey Banks and Romeo Hunte (Designers), and Ceci (Costume Designer).
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I'm proud to be the host of a new podcast about the contributions of Black culture to American fashion. Grateful to @TommyHilfiger and @pineapplemedia for making this possible.
Discover unsung stories of Black Culture and fashion in our latest podcast, #TheInvisibleSeam. Get ready to tune in from April 20th on your favorite podcast streaming platform. Listen to the trailer now: https://t.co/61jqUH84Iz
#TommyHilfiger @ProfKimJ
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New York City Department of Parks & Recreation: NYC Memorial for Hercules, Chef Enslaved By George Washington - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/i9c2mevojt via @Change
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These days, I am reminded quite often that you do not have to be white to support white supremacy.
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The audacity of Shell asking YOU what YOU’RE willing to do to reduce emissions. 🙄 They’re showing you RIGHT HERE how the suggestion that indiv choices - not systems - are a main driver of climate change is a fossil fuel talking point. Yes, make good choices. Reign in FF corps.
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Proud to expand the database’s content to guest contributors-I encourage you to check out our latest Objects That Matter by @joeykim
Check out this short entry on the 🇰🇷 Korean hanbok I wrote for the Fashion and Race Database. Thanks for starting this awesome database, @ProfKimJ! More to come! https://t.co/YkJDRjjz7A
#hanbok #fashionandrace
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Happening today at 4:30 pm! Join @ProfKimJ, makeup artist Sir John (known for his work with Beyoncé) and founder of The Fem League @YomiAbiola as they discuss image-making as a blueprint for systemic change. Register here:
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Thank you!
@ProfKimJ, today's "Retail as a Portal: Image-making as a Blueprint for Systemic Change" was the best so far. @YomiAbiola ❤️❤️❤️
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PLEASE SHARE & RETWEET 📣‼️JOB OFFER at the Fashion Design Department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna: GRACE WALES BONNER @walesbonner (Head of Fashion) is looking for a Full-Time Research Assistant (40 hrs/week, limited for 3 yrs) - closing date is OCT 22 📣‼️
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Coming this Wednesday, July 8, the re-launch of my project, The Fashion and Race Database!
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🎥🍿 Friday nights are made for fashion films! Join me for “Film Night,” a monthly series that showcases a fashion (or fashion-adjacent) film, a thematic menu and a post-film discussion: https://t.co/qLM7We4DU4
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Part Three, “The Intersection of Race and the Gaze in Fashion Photography” features the next generation of photographers who are developing images of joy, resilience, introspection and transcendence: https://t.co/wW9GYqU5On (4/4) #IMD2020
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Part Two, “The Racialized Body and Fashionability” features young artists interrogating and disrupting dominant racist narratives through design and illustration: https://t.co/hECuMcqm9Y (3/4) #IMD2020
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Part One, “Deconstructing Ideas, Reconstructing Identities” features young artists confronting the ramifications of race through creative acts of subversion: https://t.co/bnbd5wv9YK (2/4) #IMD2020
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