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Global Style Week

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Events Louisville

Join us for the first ever Global Style week at KRM Louisville from June 17 to 22!

documentary screening and discussion – “Black Dandy: A political beauty”

Monday, June 17 – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Kentucky Refugee Ministries
969-B Cherokee Rd
Louisville, KY 40204

A film by Ariel Wizman & Laurent Lunetta. View the trailer. The film will be presented in French with English subtitles and it contains adult themes, language, and content.

From the filmmakers: “Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Lebron James… Nowadays, the most fashionable heroes of pop culture are black men. Their love of style is not only a status symbol or a vapid superficial trend, it is rooted in a deep American cultural history, as flamboyant as it is political, that of Black Dandyism. This movement recalls more than a century of cultural adventures, at the crossroads of fashion, arts and major social issues.”

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a celebration of global style

Saturday, June 22 – 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Kentucky Refugee Ministries
969-B Cherokee Rd
Louisville, KY 40204

Visit KRM’s Louisville office for fashion and style exhibits, conversations, and light refreshments.

SCHEDULE AND SESSIONS*:

Music and Panels (Dining Room):

  • 3:00 pm – Mixing by Scz – seize
  • 3:30 pm – Amazigh and Maghrebi Fashion Traditions, Cassandra Ernst
  • 4:15 pm – Everything Is Possible If you are Determined, Dyna Nabinto Zihalirwa of Dyna Production
  • 4:45 pm – I Am the Heart of Africa Clothing Brand, Mandera Jackson
  • 5:00 p.m. – A Personal Style History, Patrick Afusuyi
  • 5:20 p.m. – Fashion for Hijab-Wearing Women, Zina Radhi and Zainab Alradhee (Babylon Gate)

Panels/Presentations (Classroom #3):

  • 3:50 p.m. – Cuban Latinx Style – Daynier Adan
  • 4:00 p.m. – The African in America Brand and Movement, Nini Mohamed
  • 5:00 p.m. – Rahimi Tailoring Services (Rahimi Services), Morteza Rahimi

Exhibition Items Include (Dining Room Gallery Wall, 3-6 pm):

  • DandyLion and Global Style Tribes, Book Projections
  • Jersey, Asmir Terzic
  • Dyna Production
  • I Am the Heart of Africa, clothing
  • Tzotzil blouse
  • The African in America, clothing
  • A History of African Wax Prints, Projection

*Schedule may change. Join the Facebook event for the latest updates.

event entry

All Global Style Week activities are free and do not require any registration prior to the event.

If you would like to donate to KRM, donations are welcome through KRM’s ArtsMatch fundraiser with Fund for the Arts. All donations (up to $9,250) will be matched through Fund for the Arts and LG&E and KU. Funds raised will help launch a new arts collaboration called Art Makes Home, which will empower newcomer artists and foster collaborations with Louisville community artists. Project art will be showcased in 30 locations throughout Louisville in 2020.