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“We have to take those elements of this new culture that’s been forced upon us and use that to recreate a culture for ourselves.”

As she is celebrating her 75th birthday today, Vogue takes a look at Grace Jones's signature style.

Explore the facts about the harlem renaissance. Uncover the cultural explosion that defined this transformative period in history.

In this week’s issue, Kelefa Sanneh writes about Dapper Dan, a designer who co-opted luxury-brand logos out of his Harlem boutique, creating one-of-a-kind outfits for hip-hop artists, rappers, and gangsters in the '80s (sub req): http://nyr.kr/15P9K20 Click through for a slide show of photographs of some of Dapper Dan’s custom outfits, like those in the photo above, worn by drug dealer Alberto (Alpo) Martinez in 1988: http://nyr.kr/ZHROm8

She Rockers (London Rap/Dance Crew), Shepherd’s Bush Green, London, 1988

Before Demna Gvasalia and Alessandro Michele, there was Dapper Dan, the founding father of fashion's logomania.

Photographed by Lisa Leone on a Harlem rooftop, 1993.