Dapper Dan, Harlem Custom<

Dapper Dan, a tailor?The name detonates in this series devoted to costume specialists.And yet, what came out of the Dapper Dan’s workshop was tailor-made, made in superior quality fabrics by craftsmen.If the atmosphere and the aesthetics had nothing to do with the muffled salons and the complete cords of Savile Row, Naples and Paris, the fact remains a unique tailor of its kind, whose successis commensurate with the place he occupies at the Pantheon of Streetwear.

In his shop met the music stars, famous sportsmen and the biggest dealers in the city.How did a young black man born in Harlem become the darling of New York street?Daniel R trajectory.Day is anything but rectilinear.First there were a lot of stockings, often in connection with the heroine he sells alongside his three big brothers and to which all ended up becoming addicted.He was the first to drop out.Then a few tops, anyway ...