num_pages: 304
description: The story of a legendary designer who pioneered high-end streetwear from a storefront in Harlem to the red carpet in Hollywood dressing everyone from Salt-N-Pepa and Eric B. &amp; Rakim to Beyonc and Jay-Z along the way.With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own flamboyant designs. But before reinventing fashion he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books and finally a designer who broke barriers to outfit a whos-who of music sport and crime world celebrities in looks that went on to define an era.By turns playful poignant and inspiring and featuring two incredible eight-page color photo inserts including the only existing never-before-seen images of the notorious Mike Tyson-Mitch Green street fight Dapper Dan's memoir is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than seventy years and set against the backdrop of an ever-evolving America.
language: English
title: Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
publisher: Random House