{"product_id":"sovereign-unbothered-dorothy-dandridge-heavyweight-hoodie-vintage-black-cmd-c","title":"Sovereign, Unbothered — Dorothy Dandridge — Heavyweight Hoodie — Vintage Black — CMD\u0026C","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct: Oversized boxy hoodie\u003cbr\u003eBrand: CMD\u0026amp;C (Command \u0026amp; Create)\u003cbr\u003eCollection: Sovereign, Unbothered\u003cbr\u003eSubject: Dorothy Dandridge\u003cbr\u003eColorway: Vintage Black\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: 460GSM organic cotton hoodie\u003cbr\u003eConstruction: Oversized boxy cut\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Portugal (WATC Studio blank)\u003cbr\u003ePrint method: Neenah Jet Pro Heat transfer Paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition: Limited — one production run, no restocks\u003cbr\u003ePrice: $165\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe died in 1965 at forty-two. The cause was listed as an accidental overdose. She had forty-two cents in her bank account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalle Berry accepted her Academy Award in 2002 and said Dorothy Dandridge's name out loud from the stage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSovereign. Unbothered. 1922–1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— 460GSM organic cotton hoodie\u003cbr\u003e— Oversized boxy cut, true to CMD\u0026amp;C's silhouette\u003cbr\u003e— Heat transfer print on Portuguese WATC Studio blank\u003cbr\u003e— One production run. No restocks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CMD\u0026C","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49770537353444,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/3565\/8724\/files\/IMG_0064.jpg?v=1788380164","url":"https:\/\/cmdc.shop\/products\/sovereign-unbothered-dorothy-dandridge-heavyweight-hoodie-vintage-black-cmd-c","provider":"CMD\u0026C","version":"1.0","type":"link"}