Having a Met Gala along this theme during a time of Black erasure feels complicated at best.

Last year, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced its spring 2025 fashion exhibition, ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ I was genuinely surprised. For the first time in its 88-year history, ...

The looks that took to the red carpet at the 2025 Met Gala were steeped in significance, with designers considering each and ...

and is most specifically influenced by the vibrant and revolutionary spirit of the 'Saupers', who represent the dandy subculture in Congo. Other inspiration for the look came from archive imagery ...

In her book, Miller chronicles the birth of the “Black Dandy”, a subculture of Black men known for their fine tailoring and sartorial elegance during the slave trade and following emancipation from ...

For most sartorially-inclined folks, the word “dandy” conjures images of men who loved fashion so much they became some of its most recognizable exponents: André Leon-Talley and Prince ...