Monthly Archives: August 2025

…………….The other night I was flipping through the channels, and “TOP HAT” with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers was about to start……I hadn’t seen it in years!….so I thought….OK….I’m going to watch this incredible team and look at all the wonderful clothes, sets and listen to legendary music…..As I was watching I thought how much a young Ginger Rodgers reminded me of a young Jac……It’s not that they were spitting images of each other…but there were many similarities…..it was a look in the eyes, certain gestures, and an elegance that they both shared….You may or may not see what I see…..but after all it is in the eye of the beholder.

……………..Chapter #3…………”THE PRINTS”……………For me the most impressive, and informative part of the exhibit were the old prints shown…..You rarely get to see both black men and women depicted in such beautiful clothing of that era……I think the recent series…”THE GUILDED AGE”….is doing an outstanding job at truly showing how the most affluent black people dressed and LIVED!