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Archipel vaste et contrasté

and love-letter to Francophone Diaspora’n creativity

Melanie Bonajo

Benni Bosetto Léa Bouton Joan Braun Cabra Louise Chevallet Riccardo Maria Chiacchio John Divola Adrianna Glaviano Maxime Imbert Léa Jullien Poppy Jones Renata Kats Camille Kingué Bosccono Kong Fátima Monjas Basile Mookherjee Elena Mottola Francesco Nazardo Charlotte Roberts Jean-Vincent Simonet Cristina Stolhe Mélodie Zagury Daphné Mookherjee

AVANT N°4 (FR) Couvertures:cover-1 Y a-t-il des informations àThis fourth issue is once again dedicated to American Workwear and is a sequel of the first issue, which was published in February 2019. In it, we tell the story of Chinese immigrants during the Gold Rush, the discovery of rare Levis pants from 1880 in a California mine, and of these details which collectors love, like vents holes on work shirts, or the famous chinstrap. Levi Strauss & Co.s former historian, Lynn Downey, also looks back on her