“True Style Never Dies!” Brilliant Collection of Vintage African American Magazines
16 Stone Vintage, whose motto is “True Style Never Dies,” is a vintage style website and shop created by Sonya Denise Freeman. The site is packed with classic photos, fashion advertisements, magazine covers, pinups, clothing, and much more. Of course here at Newmanology, we’re most interested in Freeman’s massive collection of vintage African American magazine covers. Everything on the site is inspiring, but magazine junkies will especially like the 16 Stone Vintage magazine galleries, including covers from Jet, Sepia, Say, Hue, Hep, Jive, Bronze Thrills, Copper Romance, and the breathtaking Color and Our World. We also enjoy the Jet Beauties of the Week swimsuit collections, for purely historical and graphic reasons, of course!
16 Stone Vintage is essential viewing for us! Here’s a set of 15 of our favorite covers from the site, most dating from the 1950s.
(Above): Brown, May 1954
Hep, April 1967
Say, October 28, 1954
Tan Confessions, November 1950
Color, April 1953
Sepia, May 1959
Hue, May 19, 1954
Duke, July 1957
Copper Romance, December 1953
Tan, January 1955
New Review, 1950s
Our World, February 1950
Our Life, 1950s
Jive, March 1965
Bronze Thrills, October 1952