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Patrick Kelly (September 24, 1954 – January 1, 1990) was an American fashion designer who came to fame in France. Among his accomplishments, he was the first American to be admitted to the Chambre syndicale du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode , the prestigious governing body of the French ready-to-wear industry.
Feb 20, 2024 · Kelly, born in 1954, was known for his exuberant designs featuring body-conscious knit jersey dresses that he accessorized with big bows, hearts, and other embellishments—but none had as much...
- Colony Little
Dec 9, 2021 · As a gay Black man hailing from Vicksburg, Mississippi during segregation, fashion designer Patrick Kelly (1954–1990) was an unstoppable force, breaking every barrier in his path with an inimitable sense of style, wit and panache.
- Miss Rosen
Jul 13, 2020 · P atrick Kelly was the first American designer ever to be admitted to the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter, which governs the French ready-to-wear industry. He unapologetically incorporated his Southern Roots, racial imagery, and expressions of Black joy into his designs; stating “I want my clothes to make you smile.”
Oct 22, 2021 · Playfulness and politics are inseparable in the work of Patrick Kelly, the celebrated Mississippi-born, Paris-based Black queer fashion designer who is the subject of a retrospective at the...
April 17–September 5, 2004. In the 1980s the young African American fashion designer Patrick Kelly took Paris by storm, becoming the first American member of the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter (the governing body of the prestigious French ready-to-wear industry).
Feb 28, 2022 · Kelly accomplished the seemingly impossible feat of cracking the heavily guarded Parisian fashion system as an American designer. While he was the only designer of Black diasporic descent invited to the Chambre until Kerby Jean-Raymond joined last year, today his name is not as known as it should be.
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