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Josephine Baker: Style Icon
"Josephine Baker rose from the poverty stricken streets of St. Louis, Missouri to become the first black world-famous entertainer. She was a dancer and singer extraordinaire, stage performer and movie actress, mother, chateau owner, activist, entrepreneur and 20th century icon. Josephine Baker knew how to use what she had to get what she wanted."
- Elle, Splended habit
Inspiring young black womxn
"As a performer, Baker used her sexuality and hyper awareness of image to manipulate her audience’s sexist and racist fantasies, and deployed them to build a platform for herself to dismantle the very social systems and cultural beliefs that they stemmed from. Today, stars like Beyoncé have worn their own permutations of the outfit. "
- Courtney Delong
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