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How The Supremes’ gowns broke the race ceiling – Sydney Morning Herald
The most famous girl group of all time helped to unite a divided country with the aid of beads, sequins, and beehive hairdos.
When Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and the-then Diane Ross met as children, in a housing commission in Detroit in the 1950s, there was no telling that they would not only one day become the most famous girl group of all time, but that their breathtaking costumes would play an important role in the civil rights movement.
But with their heavily embellished chandelier gowns, body-hugging dresses with matching turkey-feathers circling the hems, shimmering capes and elaborate hairstyles created with…
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