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

The biggest night in fashion is upon us. The 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, best known as the ...

The exhibit will focus on the history and influence of the Black dandy in the Western world. The dress code for the event is ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inspired by Monica Miller's book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity," the exhibit focuses on Black style and specifically menswear from the 18th century ...