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Brown leather jacket designed by Dapper Dan for Rakim

African American Museum

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Object Details

Designed by

Dapper Dan, American, born 1945

Worn by

Rakim, American, born 1968

Description

An oversized letterman-style hooded jacket of dark brown leather with dark ochre textured leather detailing. It has full-length sleeves and an elastic hem. The jacket closes at the center front with a brown plastic zipper. The sleeves are baggy with fitted cuffs that close with black Velcro. There are two diagonally inset pockets, one at each front side waist, with the opening trimmed in an ochre-colored textured leather. This same textured leather is sewn on either side of front opening along the waist, and in strips across the breast and along the back shoulders. The brown leather hood also features a wide strip of the textured leather down the center. The jacket interior is fully lined with an olive brown rip stop nylon, while the hood is lined with the dark brown leather. There are no interior pockets or designer labels.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rakim

Date

2006

Object number

2016.10.2.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

jackets

Medium

leather, nylon cloth, and plastic zipper

Dimensions

H x W x D (on form): 35 × 29 × 14 in. (88.9 × 73.7 × 35.6 cm)

Place used

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Clothing and dress
Design
Fashion
Fashion design
Hip-hop (Music)
Rappers (Musicians)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50d0c11e2-1b57-4f90-83ae-bc3eb32ca3cc

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.10.2.2

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