Sovereign, Unbothered — Dorothy Dandridge — Heavyweight Hoodie — Vintage Black — CMD&C

Product: Oversized boxy hoodie
Brand: CMD&C (Command & Create)
Collection: Sovereign, Unbothered
Subject: Dorothy Dandridge
Colorway: Vintage Black
Material: 460GSM organic cotton hoodie
Construction: Oversized boxy cut
Origin: Portugal (WATC Studio blank)
Print method: Neenah Jet Pro Heat transfer Paper
Edition: Limited — one production run, no restocks
Price: $165

Forty-eight years before Halle Berry accepted her Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Black Woman to take it home the Dorothy Dandridge was the first  nomination.

Dorothy Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922. She performed from childhood, toured the country with her sister, Vivian Dandridge and by her twenties was one of the most glamorous figures in American entertainment.

Her performance in Carmen Jones earned her the Oscar nomination that should have changed everything. It didn't. The roles that followed were beneath her. The industry that praised her refused to cast her as anything but spectacle.

She died in 1965 at forty-two. The cause was listed as an accidental overdose. She had forty-two cents in her bank account.

Halle Berry accepted her Academy Award in 2002 and said Dorothy Dandridge's name out loud from the stage

This Pop Art print is a celebration of her legacy with a modern twist featuring green curls, red lips, gold cuff, halftone field, black geometry. The architecture of a woman who was always more than what she was given. 

Sovereign. Unbothered. 1922–1965.

— 460GSM organic cotton hoodie
— Oversized boxy cut, true to CMD&C's silhouette
— Heat transfer print on Portuguese WATC Studio blank
— One production run. No restocks.