Black dandyism — style, attitude and creativity — will be on full display on fashion’s big night. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The history-laden style movement will be front and center at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose spring exhibit kicks off with the biggest night in fashion, the Met Gala.

The Black dandy: More than a century of sharp tailoring, resistance and attitude. An evolution of Black men’s style and tailoring, which the Met Gala will celebrate Monday.

Clothing as message. Fashion and style as tools, ... Debates over the clothes Black men wear and how they wear them have at times turned into a form of cultural and literal policing, ...

Black men have always brought a varying degree of swag to the Met Gala each first Monday of May. For 2025, the fashion industry’s biggest red carpet moment and Black fashion history will ...

The 2025 Met Gala Spotlights 250 Years of Black Men’s Fashion History. History; Made by History; by . ... Throughout the 20th century, suits remained important in Black men’s style.

The Met Gala has always been fashion’s most theatrical night—a red-carpet spectacular where celebrities cosplay in couture. But in 2025, the spectacle is set to become something more ...

The Met Costume Institute’s spring show highlights black men’s style from the 18th century to today, with a particular focus on the meticulous, elegantly dressed figure of the dandy.

This year's Costume Institute spring exhibition and Met Gala are honouring black "dandy" style, and the tradition of bold tailoring worn by black men that has made a statement.