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A First Look at the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” Exhibition at The Met
The Costume Institute’s new exhibition, which the Met Gala 2025 celebrates, considers race, gender, sexuality, and class ...
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Exploring Dandyism and Black Expression: A Roundtable Discussion
Black dandyism isn’t a trend; it’s a tradition. Aesthetic rebellion, political expression, cultural archive—and yes, great ...
See the Exact Met Gala 2025 Reference Photos Side-by-Side with the Stars They Inspired, from Dorothy Dandridge to Diana Ross
These stars and their stylists gave a master class in honoring the history of Black fashion, drawing from eclectic references ...
'Clothes can contain a lot of emotion': How black men have used flamboyant fashion to express pride and resistance
This year's Costume Institute spring exhibition and Met Gala are honouring black "dandy" style, and the tradition of bold ...
“God Created Black People and Black People Created Style”—Inside The Met’s Press Preview for “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”
“Superfine” is inspired by Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, ...
First Look at ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
While thousands milled around the Metropolitan Museum of Art Sunday afternoon and thousands more outside of the museum’s ...
Inside the Met Gala: Under a petal-filled sky, guests honor Black style, hail a ‘monumental night’
For the very first time, the Met Gala was making a point of celebrating Black style and Black designers — something he felt ...