Inside the Met Gala 2025 exhibit, exploring the history and ‘sophisticated styling’ of black dandyism
NY Post
There’s a superfine line between showing off and showing out.
That’s where the dandies dance.
They’re fierce, fearless fashion plates — clotheshorses who dare to wear flashy ’fits as a form of self-expression, radiance and rebellion.
The dandy aesthetic will be on parade at the Met Gala the first Monday in May, when voguish VIPs will be fabulously frocked to match this year’s dress code, “Tailored for You.”
It’s a bespoke bylaw derived from the upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” on view at the Met from May 10 through Oct. 26.
The sartorial celebration is a cultural and historical examination of suiting and menswear, inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 tome, “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.”
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