Black dandyism is finally taking center stage at the Met Gala, with cultural powerhouses leading this subversive, sharply ...

Dandyism embodies liberation and resistance through exuberant self-expression. The movement will be at the center of the 2025 ...

Tailoring Black Style," celebrating Black dandyism. Inspired by Monica Miller's work, the theme explores how clothing has shaped Black identity and resilience, particularly post-Atlantic slave trade.

But the revelation happened when she learned the 2025 theme for the annual haute couture museum fundraiser would elevate Black style and feature dandyism — a practice evoking an artistic ...

Black dandyism uses bold colors, quality fabrics and eclectic prints as a form of expression and resistance. The Beck Cultural Exchange Center’s inaugural Beck-Met Gala celebrated the museum’s ...

Mr. Udé, 60, has long enjoyed a reputation as a pre-eminent dandyist artist; in fact, his portrait appears on the cover of “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic ...

the significance of their contributions – both historic and current – to the legacy of Black dandyism nonetheless bears highlighting. After all, Black contributions to Britain’s sartorial canon are as ...

In Monica Miller’s “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity,” which the museum’s exhibition and gala theme is based on, she notes that Black dandies ...

From the barbershop-lined blocks of Birmingham, Alabama, to the storied storefronts on Chicago’s West Side, Black-owned tailor shops have long stood as quiet custodians of cultural memory.

Miller, author of the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity and chair of Africana Studies at Barnard College. In her book, Ms. Miller describes Black ...