Le Gip, Authentic by Design, investigates the creative work of fashion designer, drummer, and dancer Le Gip, active in New York City 1948-1985.  The Le Gip Archive preserves his original designs, personal clothing, and the ephemera of his creative practice as a window into the complex intersections of creativity, creative production, class, race and ethnicity in 20th century NYC.

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Le Gip’s story refuses easy categorization and presents a new narrative of young BIPOC intellectuals and artists who came to NYC to study and perform, leaving their mark on the life of the city without entering the pantheon of famous New Yorkers.