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Go to the shopBy Brooke Bobb | Originally published on Vogue.com, October 2, 2019 Photo: Courtesy of Elon Schoenholz TJ Walker spent months scouring eBay, Amazon, and Etsy. He was on the hunt for the clothing he designed with his partner Carl Jones back in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Walker and Jones cofounded the revolutionary inclusive streetwear brand Cross Colours in 1989, and now, their 30 years of work has been put on display at The California African American Museum in L.A. The exhibition, Cross Colours: Black Fashion in The 20th Century, runs from now until March 1, 2020. “I...
By Lewis McAdams | Originally published on LATimes.com, June 26, 1994 Photo: Courtesy of Cross Colours Archive Lewis McAdams is a Los Angeles-based journalist, poet and filmmaker So in love, so much in love . . . .” The sound system at Dejaiz is pumping All-4-One’s silken remake out into the halls of the Fox Hills Mall, reeling in young African Americans in the mood for Hugo Boss and Guess? and Perry Ellis and Calvin Klein. At the back of the store, assistant manager Devin Smith is rummaging through a round-rack of marked-down T-shirts. “Two years ago kids were...