"I believe that every culture contributes to fashion. But, I do remember Polly Mellen telling me, 'You know where we got hot pants from? We used to go up to Harlem and we would just look at what all the community people were wearing.'"
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On how African Americans influenced fashion in “41 Years Later, Beverly Johnson Reflects On Being Vogue's First Black Cover Model” in HuffPost (2015 Sep 9)
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