#The style is pulled largely from blaxploitation however Pam Grier was The IT girl at the time so it's mainly her
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the-cat-and-the-birdie · 1 year ago
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Also I don't who needs to hear this (everyone - everyone needs to hear this) but I'm fairly sure Jessica Drew's design is inspired by Pam Grier - aka. Foxy Brown
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The afro, the tinted shades, the gold hoops - ALL deliberate design choices meant to hark back to iconic black culture and powerful black women from the 70's.
Jessica is meant to be a powerful, respected woman who is unashamedly and unabashedly BLACK - so they pulled directly from women who were (and are) powerful, respected, unashamedly, and unabashedly BLACK.
THEY ATE THEY ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMMBSS
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