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more about #lifemagazine more comments → angryblackgurl: Dodai, thank you for this...she was the first, and the greatest Black Model!!! more » ShanaElmsford: It's very disturbing when you realize there were more black women in magazines in the 70s than they are now. more » dandelionbrowne: My mom bought me Naomi Sims' book when I was a little kid because I was complaining about my afro 'cause the kids at school were calling me "Velcro he... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Too young to go. RIP. more » morninggloria: Naomi Sims sure was a classy, gorgeous lady. Know what isn't classy, though? Cosmo's cover story on the "white slave trade" in an issue that features... more » Shawn-Shawn: It's inspiring to hear her story, but also so disheartening to realize that we've made so little progress since then. more » kookla: Growing up biracial, it meant everything in the world to me to see such an amazing representation of black culture. Naomi Sims not only broke down soc... more » Penny: I was sad to hear that she died at such a relatively young age. She was a beautiful lady. more » Liz11685: I just got home from watching Malcolm X, which has beautiful period costumes (40s-60s) to this! As a woman who loves and collects vintage, this is lik... more » missdona: I'm so proud of my Grandma! She and her sister were forewomen at the Leslie Fay factories on 7th Avenue right up through the 70s when they retired. Th... more » devilchyld22: Why does it always seem that everything was better in the 60s? more » hydrogen_jukebox: My sister has decided that my new haircut makes me look like I'm from the 60s. She says I should pursue this style as inspiration. It's not a bad idea... more » outrageouschaos: My first job in NYC was working at a costume/puppet shop off of 7th. I was told on my first day to watch the guys with garment racks on the street: th... more » Khrushchev: Ahem. There are three H's in Khrushchev. more » HoooooooT: Anything and everything that has to do with 60s fashion always reminds me of the movie "Funny Face" with Audrey Hepburn is a model. It's really an und... more » -
#inmemoriam
Naomi Sims, 1948-2009: From Foster Care To Fashion Mags
Naomi Sims, the first black model on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal in November 1968, died over the weekend at the age of 61. Her obituaries reveal a classic American rags-to-riches tale:
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#oldiesbutgoodies
Second Life: New York's Garment District, '60s Style
I unearthed a 1960 Life the other day, from the week that Eisenhower and Khrushchev addressed the UN. But editors made space for two non-political stories: one about space rockets, and one about Seventh Avenue.
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#oldiesbutgoodies
The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1980s
As you know, the Life magazine photo archive is now online. We've been showcasing images of women in different decades. Although Life was a weekly until 1972, it hung around as a monthly until 2000.
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#oldiesbutgoodies
The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1970s
As you may know, the Life magazine photo archive is now online, and we've been showcasing images of women in different decades; the 1930s, the 1940s, the 1950s, the 1960s. Now, the 1970s.
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