A review by tophat8855
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day

4.0

I really enjoyed this one. I started it on Sunday and read half of it riding buses around Oakland. It's a quick read and really interesting. Dapper Dan's story is full of "two steps forward, one step back", but he keeps going. He's honest about his relationship with drugs as a young person and his gambling.

On thing I wish he'd had expounded on is his relationships. He says in the book that he didn't want to tell the stories of the women he'd been with because that's not his story, but I think it's possible to tell your story without encroaching on others'.

But this was a fast, easy read. My coworkers are going to listen to the audio book for our office book club, but I recommend having the actual book because it includes pictures of his designs, but also things like the Mike Tyson/Mitch Green fight outside his store. You'll want the pictures.