US EditionHighlights from Met Gala exhibit: A look at Black style gives prominent voice to emerging designers
- The exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," highlighting Black designers and menswear, debuted on May 3, 2025, at New York’s Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute.
- The exhibit arose from a focus on Black representation in fashion over centuries, based on Monica L. Miller’s book on Black dandyism and identity.
- Curator Miller arranged the show into 12 sections exploring themes like ownership, heritage, and freedom with designs by emerging artists including Agbobly.
- Miller described the range as 'phenomenal,' and Agbobly expressed being 'floored with excitement,' highlighting the exhibit’s emphasis on agency through style.
- The exhibit signals a significant cultural moment emphasizing Black middle-class history and identity, linking fashion to empowerment and legacy across time.
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Exclusive | Inside the Met Gala 2025 exhibit, exploring the history and ‘sophisticated styling’ of black dandyism
Dandyism isn’t just the haute theme for this year’s much-anticipated Met Gala extravaganza. It’s a lifestyle. It’s a fashionable expression of art, class and black American culture that predates the 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Costume Institute’s Spring 2025 exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” takes fans on a historical walk through the development of bespoke menswear in the black community — and how the dand…
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Highlights from Met Gala exhibit: A look at Black style gives prominent voice to emerging designers
Jacques Agbobly has only been in the fashion business for five years. So the Brooklyn-based designer was at first shocked when contacted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, asking to use two of his designs in “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the spring Costume Institute exhibit that will be launch
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