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In the early 1980s, since high school, my studio was my mom's basement in Oak Park, Michigan. My cutting table was the pool table covered in plastic. Patterns-in-work taped to the walls. Equipment: one industrial walking foot, one Juki home...
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Scroll through the history of fashion advertisements from designer Maurice Malone. Span more than 30-years of ads, from the 80s through the 2000s and witness the growth and changes of one of America's most notable African American fashion designers.
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Maurice Malone many activities help support his design goals, written by Robin D. Givhan, Detroit Nov. 12, 1989
Almost 4 years ago. Detroit's 23-year-old designer Maurice Malone started his company, Hardwear by Maurice Malone, with five dollars and an idea to design and make an unusual little hat that was comfortable, well constructed, and uniquely great-looking. Today, the...
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In 1987, Maurice was part of a techno-rock band called A.P.O.R.P. or A Portrait of Radical People which included childhood friend & DJ/Producer MK Marc Kinchen.