Dr Christine Checinska on Windrush fashion, black style, and why you should take your kids to museums

<p>This week on <em>Growing up with gal-dem</em>, Natty and Charlie are joined by<a href="https://www.christinechecinska.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Christine Checinska</a>, curator at the <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">V&amp;A </a>and fashion historian. Christine talks us through her childhood as a creative child, teacher reports and advice on nurturing her skills, and how her interest in blackness, fashion, and self-imaging started.&nbsp;</p><p>Covering everything from diasporic fashions, respectability politics, and the nuances of black womanhood, this week’s episode is a beautiful journey into conversations and areas that deserve our attention and interest. Listen through, and if you’re able - visit some of Christine’s curated work at the <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newly re-opened V&amp;A in London.</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>