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Michael Jackson's Costumes Show Why Nobody Can Beat the King of Pop When it Comes to Style
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By Katie Nodjimbadem
smithsonian.com
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In his autobiography Moonwalk, Jackson wrote, “my attitude is if fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.” Now some of Jackson’s rebellious pieces—a black sequined silk jacket, an equally-sequined red, white and blue shirt, and his signature fedora—are part of the collections at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and will be on view in the museum's inaugural exhibition "Musical Crossroads." The show is chockablock with iconic treasures tracing musical traditions and genres from gospel to rock 'n' roll to hip-hop.
“I think of Michael Jackson as kind of a sophisticated yet glamorous and otherworldly persona when he put on these clothes,” says Dwandalyn Reece, a curator of music at the museum who organized the exhibition. “That’s the Michael Jackson of that period. Obviously he morphed into different images since the Thriller heyday. But his clothes were really about him projecting who he was and who he likes to see himself as.”
His undeniable electric stage presence, which sent fans into screaming fits, was only amplified by his sharp and shining stage style. The sequined jacket is the design of Bill Whitten, the designer also responsible for Michael Jackson’s famous white glove. The two sparkly shirts and the fedora will be on display in the “Beyond Category” section of the exhibition, sharing the limelight with artifacts from Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Nina Simone and other groundbreaking artists.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smith...s-curtain-call-180958922/#XgF7wFpL4u5ZCMel.99
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Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smith...s-curtain-call-180958922/#XgF7wFpL4u5ZCMel.99
By Katie Nodjimbadem
smithsonian.com
<time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" style="box-sizing: border-box;">August 29, 2016 11:02AM
In his autobiography Moonwalk, Jackson wrote, “my attitude is if fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.” Now some of Jackson’s rebellious pieces—a black sequined silk jacket, an equally-sequined red, white and blue shirt, and his signature fedora—are part of the collections at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and will be on view in the museum's inaugural exhibition "Musical Crossroads." The show is chockablock with iconic treasures tracing musical traditions and genres from gospel to rock 'n' roll to hip-hop.
“I think of Michael Jackson as kind of a sophisticated yet glamorous and otherworldly persona when he put on these clothes,” says Dwandalyn Reece, a curator of music at the museum who organized the exhibition. “That’s the Michael Jackson of that period. Obviously he morphed into different images since the Thriller heyday. But his clothes were really about him projecting who he was and who he likes to see himself as.”
His undeniable electric stage presence, which sent fans into screaming fits, was only amplified by his sharp and shining stage style. The sequined jacket is the design of Bill Whitten, the designer also responsible for Michael Jackson’s famous white glove. The two sparkly shirts and the fedora will be on display in the “Beyond Category” section of the exhibition, sharing the limelight with artifacts from Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Nina Simone and other groundbreaking artists.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smith...s-curtain-call-180958922/#XgF7wFpL4u5ZCMel.99
Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv
Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
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