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Dapper Dan Considers His Next Move

After decades on the outside of the fashion industry looking in, the designer — who took the stage at an LVMH-sponsored Black History Month event in New York on Thursday night — has his pick of collaborators.
Dapper Dan participated in a fireside chat with television and radio personality Rocsi Diaz, where he discussed everything from his storied career dressing rappers like LL Cool J and Rakim to his opinion on Louis Vuitton’s appointment of Pharrell Williams.
Dapper Dan participated in a fireside chat with television and radio personality Rocsi Diaz, where he discussed everything from his storied career dressing rappers like LL Cool J and Rakim to his opinion on Louis Vuitton’s appointment of Pharrell Williams. (Shareif Ziyadat)

Daniel “Dapper Dan” Day is a man with many options — and, after decades of being largely iced out of the luxury scene by big fashion houses, he’s happy to be mulling them all.

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