| LC control no. | no2007008408 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kelly, Patrick, 1954-1990 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Atlanta (Ga.) New York (N.Y.) Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1954 |
| Death date | 1990 |
| Place of birth | Vicksburg (Miss.) |
| Profession or occupation | Fashion designers African American fashion designers |
| Found in | Patrick Kelly archive, 1982-1994 (bulk 1985-1989) (Patrick Kelly, African-American fashion designer who came to fame in the fashion houses of Paris) Internet, http://memoriam.org/memorials/16c93c5d1a/, 1/24/07 (Kelly, Patrick, 1954-1990) Fashion History Timeline WWW site, viewed March 18, 2022: 1954-1990 - Patrick Kelly (born in Vicksburg, Mississippi; studied art and African American history at Jackson State University; moved to Atlanta in 1974; in 1979, moved to New York to enroll in Parsons School of Design, but became frustrated by the lack of support from the industry and moved to Paris later that year; Kelly's interest in confronting racist iconography, specifically of the American South, was prevalent throughout his lifetime; after producing ten collections, Kelly passed away in 1990 due to complications from AIDS; paved the way for other Black designers to engage directly with racial themes. <https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1954-1990-patrick-kelly/> |
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