NYT - Black Dandyism in the Spotlight
By Callie Holtermann and Vincent Tullo
The New York Times
‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ at the Met Explores the Hist...
The guest curator of a new Met exhibition on Black style offers an annotated early look at a Dapper Dan jacket, André Leon Talley’s luggage and more.
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this was a nice read, i liked the inclusion of frederick douglass
this is gonna be a really fun met gala
the degree to which i'm excited about this cannot be stated enough
highly recommend "slaves to fashion" if you're interested in further exploration granted i am still unfinished because the subject matter flies super close to home in ways i am still resolving but that is a me issue
so glad they included jeffrey banks, the unsung hero of the ralph lauren dynasty
Was going to mention that Douglass was famously the most photographed man of the 1800s, and I see the article mentions that. Knowing he was handsome, he understood intimately how to manipulate and use his image.