Sujet

Black and red leather jacket worn by Kurtis Blow, 1981. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

African-American rapper, singer, songwriter, record/film producer, b-boy, DJ, public speaker and ministe Kurtis Blow (born 1959) was the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. This black and red leather jacket was worn by Kurtis Blow on the cover of his album "Deuce" (1981). The motorcycle style jacket has full-length sleeves, a stand-up collar, and closes at the center front with a black zipper and five (5) metal snaps painted red. There is a red leather racing strip down each sleeve that extends onto the shoulders, with the collar also faced in red leather. The sleeves taper slightly at the wrist, ending in elastic cuffs. The waistline of the jacket body also has an elastic edge. The elastic on the waist and cuffs is sewn inside the black leather so it does not show.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A78_167

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

509,6Mo (9,2Mo) / 121,6cm x 105,0cm / 14364 x 12400 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black fashion music arts country clothes museum color dress location century coat popular music pop music jacket leather clothing fashionable African American African-American afro-american leather jacket hip-hop United States of America Eighties Colour 1980s hip hop 20th century rap music heritage American America USA decade object united states Unknown Walker Julian cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art M. National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC jackets leather synthetic fiber metal and elastic Kurtis Blow Blow Kurtis Kurtis Walker M. Julian