Mobsters in America – Caspar Holstein – The Harlem Policy King

August 17, 2019 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: gangster

He was considered a genius; a compassionate man who gave freely to the poor. But Caspar Holstein made his fortune in the Harlem numbers policy game, which he helped invent. Casper Holstein was born on December 7, 1876, in St. Croix, Danish West Indies. His parents were of mixed African and Danish descent, and his father’s father was a Danish officer in the Danish West Indies Colonial militia. The Holstein family moved to New York City in 1894. Holstein, an Read More

Michael Jackson and Arfaq

August 17, 2019 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: gangster

Michael Jackson, Arfaq, Balmain and the Clothes that set Todays Fashion Billie Jean Tux Jackson’s contemporary take on the tuxedo was groundbreaking. Made from black leather and worn with a pink shirt and red bow tie, it allowed men to approach evening looks in a less conventional way. The look has been replicated on the YSL catwalk. Beaded Moonwalk Jacket The beaded jacket is what Jackson originally wore in 1983 when he performed his first ever moonwalk. Glitzy monochrome as Read More