The Way We Wore: Black Style Then
Micheal McCollom is a designer and professional photographer. Named by Vogue magazine as the 'designer to watch,' he has gained recognition as a designer and photographer, working with a celebrity clientele including Mariah Care, Whitney Houston, and Julia Roberts. His first solo museum exhibition took place in SoHo (New York) in 2002, and he continues to curate shows throughout the city, including the 2006/2007 Museum of the City of New York's fashion exhibition, 'Black Style Now'.  Geoffrey Holder was born in Trinidad, and moved to New York in 1954, where he made his renaissance career, as a dancer, actor, painter, choreographer, designer, director, and singer. He has been a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his painting, appeared in several feature films, and won a Tony Award for Best Director for his Broadway musical, 'The Wiz'. Holder lives with his wife, Carmen de Lavallade, in New York City.