Jacket
Object number2010.26.29
Date1960-1969
OriginLos Angeles, CA
OriginNew York, NY
Mediumleather; metal
Credit LineGift of James Dean
DescriptionOrange leather jacket. Epaulets with buttons on shoulders. Two buttons on each cuff. Short pocket on proper right, near bottom hem. Pocket also in lining. Brighter orange patch on back, near neck.Dimensions27.75 x 17 x 25 in. (70.5 x 43.2 x 63.5 cm)MarksLabels in collar: "STYLED by / Scully / IN LOS ANGELES".
Lining label: "A.J. Lester / NEW YORK".
Historical NotesMotorcycle jacket worn by hairstylist Alfred "Deano" Dean. On October 22, 1926, Dean was born in Herron Hill. He moved to New York where he graduated from beauty school, but eventually returned to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be with his father. In the mid-1970s, he became the first African American hairstylist at the salon in Horne's Department Store. Dean was known for his incredible sense of style and his talent with a curling iron, breaking through racial barriers and creating hair styles for both white and black women. After Horne's closed, Dean opened a salon on the Boulevard of the Allies called Izzazu. He died on January 12, 2010, due to complications with prostate cancer.
Previous owner
Alfred Dean
(1926 - 2010)
Related institution
Izzazu Salon
Related institution
Joseph Horne Company
(1849 - 1994)
On View
Not on view
1965-1968
Academy Clothes
1980-1989
Joseph Horne Company
