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Nichelle tells me about growing up in South Jersey in the 70s and 80s and why when it comes to her hair - you get what you pay for.

We talk about the “It Girls” of the Harlem Renaissance like A’Lelia Walker and Blanche Dunne, roles black actresses have had to take in Hollywood, and the importance of keeping these stories alive for future generations. I learn about the history of black beauty pageants, the ‘Four Goddesses’: Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, Dorthy Dandridge and Ertha Kitt and why they’ve been able to maintain icon status decades later.

We discuss how what started out as a research project for a novel inspired by her great aunt, Mildred Taylor, a model in the 1950s evolved into the Vintage Black Glamour Tumblr site in 2011. Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters is now back in print and this hardcover edition has the same sumptuously printed pages as the original Vintage Black Glamour, and is just as desirable.I’m joined by Vintage Black Glamour author, the fabulous Nichelle Gainer - a self-described “black history encyclopedia”. Their stories – often neglected in mainstream histories of their profession – are revealed in this groundbreaking book. Gentlemen’s Quarters includes pioneering photographer Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, Flournoy Miller, the writer behind the original Broadway version of “Shuffle Along” the first black musical on Broadway, the magnetic 70s actor, Calvin Lockhart and many, many others. Now it’s the turn of the men to show off their style, glitz and panache.Īlongside profiles and photographs of world-renowned Black stars such as Duke Ellington, Sidney Poitier and Muhammed Ali, Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters – like the first book – contains biographies and images of less-known but hugely influential artists. Nichelle Gainer filled the original Vintage Black Glamour book with the stories and photographs of the women who epitomised black glamour.