Dressed in Dreams: Freida Pinto, Gabrielle Union team up for adaptation of Tanisha C Ford’s critically acclaimed book

Slumdog Millionaire fame actor Freida Pinto and Hollywood actor Gabrielle Union are coming collectively for a collection primarily based on the criticially-acclaimed guide “Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion” by writer and tradition critic, Tanisha C Ford. The guide was revealed in 2019 by St Martin’s Press to crucial acclaim. In his overview of the guide, New York Times best-selling writer of What Truth Sounds Like, Michael Eric Dyson wrote, “Tanisha Ford explores and explicates the intricacies and politics of black style with the rigor of a critic and the heart of a writer. Deconstructing everything from Afros, dashikis, bamboo earrings, baggy jeans, sneakers, and hoodies, she’s a master at letting us see and feel how what we wear expresses our politics and our deepest desires.”

The collection adaptation will are available in beneath Gabrielle’s first-look manufacturing deal at Sony Pictures Television by means of her firm I’ll Have Another, in partnership with Pinto’s Freebird Films Entertainment.

In her guide, Ford makes use of trend as a through-line for time and identification — afros and dashikis, go-go boots and hotpants of the ’60s, hip hop’s saggy denims and bamboo earrings, and the #BlackLivesMatter-inspired hoodies of right this moment. Macmillan’s description of the guide describes it as a narrative of “desire, access, conformity, and black innovation that explains things like the importance of knockoff culture; the role of ‘ghetto fabulous’ full-length furs and colourful leather in the 1990s; how black girls make magic out of a dollar store t-shirt, rhinestones, and airbrushed paint; and black parents’ emphasis on dressing nice.” It went on so as to add how the writer speaks concerning the “pain of seeing black style appropriated by the mainstream fashion industry and fashion’s power, especially in middle America”. In this richly evocative narrative, she shares her lifelong trend revolution—from determining her personal private type to discovering what makes Midwestern trend an actual factor too. These symbolic clothes additionally symbolize her personal life, as a Black lady coming of age in a Midwestern rust belt metropolis.

“Tanisha’s memoir brought up so much for each of us being women of colour. Fashion is such a huge part of one’s self-expression and to this day plays a major part of how we each operate in our daily lives,” Union and Pinto stated in a joint assertion. The two actors, who’ve been mates for a very long time, stated they’re excited to work on the collection with Ford. “For us, growing up with such unique and specifically cultural pieces of fashion helped shape our lives and we think it can be the driving force that tells the story of what it means to grow up being a proud woman of colour,” they added.

In an interview to Variety, Ford expressed her pleasure, saying, “I am so excited to have my book in the hands of these incredibly talented women. Gabrielle and Freida have been such champions of my work and I am so ready for the next step in this journey of the power of fashion.”

(With PTI inputs)

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