Oct 10, 2024 · At its core, Black dandyism signifies the diasporic metamorphosis of Black men turning into style giants, a storied history that dates back to the antebellum era.

Oct 24, 2024 · W hen the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vogue announced the next theme for the 2025 Met Gala— “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, based on scholar Monica L. Miller’s pivotal text, Slaves to...

Jul 28, 2016 · Dressing, especially for black men, can be political. That’s according to a new exhibit at London’s Photographers’ Gallery, “Made You Look: Dandyism and Black Masculinity”.

May 30, 2017 · Black dandyism was first born when African men were freed from slavery and dressing in tailored clothing became an act of self expression, freedom, and power. The Dandy Lion Project was largely photographed over the past decade and first curated seven years ago.

Dandyism offered Black people an opportunity to use clothing, gesture, irony, and wit to transform their given identities and imagine new ways of embodying political and social possibilities.

Jul 21, 2017 · Meet the dandy lions — In her latest book, curator Shantrelle P. Lewis meets modern-day black dandies – men who explore their diasporic identity through colourful, patterned suits, using their impeccable style to expand the conversation on gender, race, sexuality, masculinity and class.

Jun 1, 2017 · While many associate this expression with the wildly popular musical genres Black culture pioneered, à la jazz, blues and hip-hop, the rise and evolution of dandyism – the Black man who immediately demands respect through his sharp street style – has been among the more subtle and most colorful methods for Black men to prove they won't be ...

Jun 16, 2016 · Featuring the work of more than 20 photographers — and a film series — the project is the first to comprehensively explore contemporary dandyism in black communities throughout the world,...

Jan 1, 2001 · The history of Black dandyism illustrates how Black people have transformed from being enslaved and stylized as luxury items, acquired like any other signifier of wealth and status, to autonomous, self-fashioning individuals who are global trendsetters.

Tracing the history of the black dandy forward to contemporary celebrity incarnations such as Andre 3000 and Sean Combs, Miller explains how black people became arbiters of style and how they have historically used the dandy’s signature tools—clothing, gesture, and wit—to break down limiting identity markers and propose new ways of ...