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 15, 2024 · While both ideas are correct, Black menswear style and specifically dandyism is so much more. Going back to the early 18th century, "dandy" was a term that originated in Europe to describe...

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”.

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...

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.

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.

Black dandyism originated with the beginning of European exploration of Africa. As early as the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, young children from Africa, primarily boys, were imported to Europe by the elite as a special kind of servant — as "luxury" slaves.

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.

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,...

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 ...