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Vintage Black Glamour - Special Edition and Hardcover and the forthcoming Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters (May 2016). Available for order and pre-order now!... Art, Retro Vintage, Vintage, Design, Vintage Black Glamour, Vintage Glamour, Vintage Black, Hollywood Studio, Glamour
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Vintage Black Glamour - Special Edition and Hardcover and the forthcoming Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters (May 2016). Available for order and pre-order now!...
Look who’s back! Ms. Eartha Kitt herself SERVING like only she could on the Special Silk Edition of my book, Vintage Black Glamour which is back in stock just in time for Black Friday! Gentleman, Singer, Black Hollywood, Black Girl Magic, Black Actors
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Look who’s back! Ms. Eartha Kitt herself SERVING like only she could on the Special Silk Edition of my book, Vintage Black Glamour which is back in stock just in time for Black Friday!
Valaida Snow, renowned musician and composer (1904-1956), conducting an orchestra in London in October 1934. Vintage Photos, Jazz, Negro, Photo Black, African American Women
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Valaida Snow, renowned musician and composer (1904-1956), conducting an orchestra in London in October 1934.
Pre-order begins today for my next book, Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters! We are still tweaking things a bit (including the final cover) but you can go to http://bit.ly/VBGmensbook right now and pre-order. Publication date: Early 2016. You can also still buy the women’s book, Vintage Black Glamour HERE.  And, yes, that is boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson. Models, 70s Actors, Renaissance Men, Vintage Dresses, Black Presidents
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Pre-order begins today for my next book, Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters! We are still tweaking things a bit (including the final cover) but you can go to http://bit.ly/VBGmensbook right now and pre-order. Publication date: Early 2016. You can also still buy the women’s book, Vintage Black Glamour HERE. And, yes, that is boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 6pm, I will be speaking and signing books at the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at the Museum at FIT in New York City. This will be my last New York City signing for a while as I will be doing my best to expand to other cities this year. If you'd like to get your book, stop by FIT's book store at 227 W. 27th street or call them (212) 217-5690. Register at this link - and thank you!: Vintage Fashion, Christian Dior, Vintage Glam, Ellen Von Unwerth, Queen, Black Authors
Vintage Black Glamour
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 6pm, I will be speaking and signing books at the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at the Museum at FIT in New York City. This will be my last New York City signing for a while as I will be doing my best to expand to other cities this year. If you'd like to get your book, stop by FIT's book store at 227 W. 27th street or call them (212) 217-5690. Register at this link - and thank you!:
Missy Elliott’s Super Bowl takeover reminded me of this: If she acts, this could be a great role for her. Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) She was a 16-year-old renegade when she arrived in Harlem in the 1920s and was an immediate success singing at rent parties and clubs. Unapologetically masculine onstage, she was known for her signature top hat and tails and her gleefully obscene set drew large crowds to her shows at The Clam House, the famous gay club, and other hot Harlem venues of the day. African Americans, American Women, Black History, Transgender Women, Black History Month, Black Lesbians
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Missy Elliott’s Super Bowl takeover reminded me of this: If she acts, this could be a great role for her. Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) She was a 16-year-old renegade when she arrived in Harlem in the 1920s and was an immediate success singing at rent parties and clubs. Unapologetically masculine onstage, she was known for her signature top hat and tails and her gleefully obscene set drew large crowds to her shows at The Clam House, the famous gay club, and other hot Harlem venues of the day.
This iconic image of the one and only Eartha Kitt appears in my book Vintage Black Glamour. It was taken by Moneta Sleet, Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ebony photographer, in 1956 at the opening of Roxanne’s Dressmakng Shop in New York City, co-owned by Ms. Kitt. Black Art, Fashion, Women, Style, Black Is Beautiful, Dress
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
This iconic image of the one and only Eartha Kitt appears in my book Vintage Black Glamour. It was taken by Moneta Sleet, Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ebony photographer, in 1956 at the opening of Roxanne’s Dressmakng Shop in New York City, co-owned by Ms. Kitt.
Happy New Year to my dear Vintage Black Glamour readers and friends! I am a writer but…. I do not have adequate words to express my gratitude and the elation that I feel about everyone who purchased my book this year - and supported VBG from the (social media) beginning in 2011. Thank you SO much and Happy New Year (from The Three Degrees and me)!! Friends, Hollywood Photo, 70s
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Happy New Year to my dear Vintage Black Glamour readers and friends! I am a writer but…. I do not have adequate words to express my gratitude and the elation that I feel about everyone who purchased my book this year - and supported VBG from the (social media) beginning in 2011. Thank you SO much and Happy New Year (from The Three Degrees and me)!!
The great Redd Foxx (1922-1991) was born John Elroy Sanford 92 years ago today in St. Louis, Missouri. This photo of Mr. Foxx with Nina Simone in 1959 is one of my favorites. Photo: G. Marshall Wilson. People, Beautiful, Persona, Afrocentric, Actors, Personas, Fotos, Rap
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
The great Redd Foxx (1922-1991) was born John Elroy Sanford 92 years ago today in St. Louis, Missouri. This photo of Mr. Foxx with Nina Simone in 1959 is one of my favorites. Photo: G. Marshall Wilson.
Thanks to you guys, my book is now sold out on Amazon! I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to have this high-class problem - but all is not lost! The book is still available via my publisher Rocket 88 Books so, if you have Vintage Black Glamour on your Christmas list, you’re still in time! http://rocket88books.com/products/vintage-black-glamour?_ga=1.179863719.2089587967.1413306829 Oh! By the way - the great Dinah Washington is in shoe heaven in this 1958 photo by Isaac Sutton. Black Power, Hollywood Star, Jazz Blues, Shoe, Olds
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Thanks to you guys, my book is now sold out on Amazon! I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to have this high-class problem - but all is not lost! The book is still available via my publisher Rocket 88 Books so, if you have Vintage Black Glamour on your Christmas list, you’re still in time! http://rocket88books.com/products/vintage-black-glamour?_ga=1.179863719.2089587967.1413306829 Oh! By the way - the great Dinah Washington is in shoe heaven in this 1958 photo by Isaac Sutton.
A new book looks at the history of how African-American women celebrated in the black press used style and substance to counter stereotypes — or invisibility — in the mainstream. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/28/when-glamour-speaks-your-name/ Retro, Old Hollywood Glamour, African American Artist, Hollywood Glamour
When Glamour Speaks Your Name
A new book looks at the history of how African-American women celebrated in the black press used style and substance to counter stereotypes — or invisibility — in the mainstream. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/28/when-glamour-speaks-your-name/
Happy 75th Birthday (75!) to the One and Only Tina Turner!!! Photos: Jack Robinson (black and white) and Getty (color). India, Instagram, Tina Turner, Ike And Tina Turner
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Happy 75th Birthday (75!) to the One and Only Tina Turner!!! Photos: Jack Robinson (black and white) and Getty (color).
Ja’Net DuBois is shown in 1964 at the time she shared the Broadway stage with none other than Sammy Davis in “Golden Boy.” The Brooklyn-born diva co-wrote and sang the theme from “The Jeffersons” and of course, you know that she was “Willona” on “Good Times” in the 1970s. She is also a co-founder (with Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu) of the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Photo: John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images. Beautiful Black Women, Afro, Seymour, Donna, Photos
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Ja’Net DuBois is shown in 1964 at the time she shared the Broadway stage with none other than Sammy Davis in “Golden Boy.” The Brooklyn-born diva co-wrote and sang the theme from “The Jeffersons” and of course, you know that she was “Willona” on “Good Times” in the 1970s. She is also a co-founder (with Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu) of the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Photo: John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images.
Divas, bombshells and ingenues return to the limelight in these enthralling photographs of African American icons and other notable figures.  #gifts #books Posters, Lady, Inspiration, Glamour Photo, Vintage Beauty
Vintage Black Glamour
Divas, bombshells and ingenues return to the limelight in these enthralling photographs of African American icons and other notable figures. #gifts #books
The Pointer Sisters do a few last-minute touch ups before hitting the stage in 1973. They were photographed by Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Moneta Sleet Jr. Photo via Ebony archives on Art.com. Lynn Whitfield, Bb, Vintage Pictures
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
The Pointer Sisters do a few last-minute touch ups before hitting the stage in 1973. They were photographed by Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Moneta Sleet Jr. Photo via Ebony archives on Art.com.