The Met's spring exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over 300 years through the concept of dandyism.

Black dandyism—the theme of the 2025 Met Gala—isn’t just about fashion. For generations, it has served as a political movement that challenges stereotypes and reimagines Black identity.

Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala's Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th-Century Painting. Story by Emi Eleode • 1w. A young Black boy, wearing deep red livery with gold trimming, a gold earring, and ...

The 2025 Met Gala—themed "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style"—is an ode to the Black dandy. Ahead of the event on May 5, here's everything you need to know about Black dandyism.

'Tailoring Black Style": Dandyism shines at the 2025 Met Gala Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter calls it "a full circle moment" as she reclaims history at the 2025 Met Gala.

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 ...

What is dandyism? Black dandyism started emerging as far back as 1700s England, when slave owners who wanted to flaunt their wealth began dressing their slaves in expensive clothing, creating a ...

Inspired by Monica L. Miller’s “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity,” this year, the Met Gala’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and ...

LOS ANGELES — Black dandyism is taking center stage at the Met Gala, with cultural powerhouses leading this subversive, sharply tailored style into the global fashion spotlight. As a gala host ...

Dandyism is a style of dressing for Black men that exemplifies elegance, individuality, and resistance through dress, writes Atlanta style anthropologist Darryl Lesure.

With works on loan by Ann Demeulemeester, Craig Green, the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa, the Fondation Le Corbusier, Maison Margiela, Raf Simons, and more, the new exhibition at Antwerp’s fashion museum ...