— the afrofuturism style of legendary funk, rock & roll & soul group, labelle. .𖥔 ݁ ˖ִ🛸༄˖°.🪐 it was their aesthetic & style that the rock band, KISS got their looks from after their manager asked the designer — larry legaspi to create similar outfits. these originators!
Deep in a research hole about the CIA using Jazz Musicians as pawns to infiltrate foreign nations in 1950/60s. The irony of using Black Americans to promote nationalism abroad during the height of Jim Crow is crazy. Go watch these two documentaries on YouTube.