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The Power of Style How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures is by Christian Allaire, Ojibwe, of Nipissing First Nation. In The Power of Style, style is not just the clothes on our backs - it is self-expression, representation, and transformation. As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he sought out for inspiration. Now the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue, he is working to change that - because clothes are never just clothes. Men’s heels are a statement of pride in the face of LGTBQ+ discrimination, while ribbon shirts honor Indigenous ancestors and keep culture alive. Allaire takes the reader through boldly designed chapters to discuss additional topics like cosplay, make up, hijabs, and hair, probing the connections between fashion and history, culture, politics, and social justice.
Bank Street College of Education’s Book of the Year List 2022, Joint winner Best of 2021 List, Canadian Children’s Book Centre 2021, Joint winner Best Bets Book List, OLA 2021, Joint winner Booklist Editors’ Choice 2021, Joint winner Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices List 2022, Joint winner Cybils Awards 2021, Short-listed Eureka Nonfiction Award Honoree, California Reading Association 2021, Commended Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist 2022, Short-listed Norma Fleck Award, Canadian Children 2022, Winner Rocky Mountain Book Award 2022, Nominated Texas Topaz Reading List 2022, Joint winner Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, YALSA 2022, Joint winner Top 10 Arts Books for Youth, Booklist 2021, Joint winner Yellow Cedar Award 2021, Nominated