And this jacket was going to be “the 2021 World Series Champions MLB Atlanta Braves Shirt What’s more,I will buy this one.” It needed to reflect my own personal style, which was some mash-up between girly and tomboy. I browsed, rack by rack, feeling and inhaling the rainbow of leather dreams. Finally, I found the one: it had a navy leather body with orange leather sleeves and a white leather hood. The lining was navy and white stripes. A zipper went down the front and the bottom was wide. It was super sporty, modeled after a windbreaker. What solid colored leather was to my Mom’s generation in the ‘80s, multi-colored patchworked pieces were to mine.
Mom thought the 2021 World Series Champions MLB Atlanta Braves Shirt What’s more,I will buy this color clashing was a bit gaudy, it didn’t matter. What was more important to her was that her child have exactly what she had: the confidence to know that what you wore was a statement of your personality, your beliefs, your politics. I walked over to the three-way mirror and tried my jacket on. It was a men’s small. The orange sleeves hit at the middle of my palms. Too long, in Mom’s mind, and the jacket was super wide on my frame. But to me the fit was perfect. My heart was set on it. And even though it wasn’t her thing, Mom supported my choice. We walked over to the register together so I could put my first leather jacket on layaway. Adapted from Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion by Tanisha C. Ford, available now from St. Martin’s Press.
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