Clothing as message. Fashion and style as tools, signifiers of culture and identity, whether intentional or assumed. There’s likely no group for whom that’s been more true than Black men.

On May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers luminaries from the spheres of art, business, politics, sports, and entertainment ...

“Even if the clothes weren’t mine ... He did so much for Black men in fashion, and Monday is sort of the fruits of all his work.” ...

Inspired by Miller's seminal book, the exhibition examines how men's style, and in particular, dandyism, has helped shape transatlantic black identities ... of their own clothes, and dress them ...

“This is as true for those who were deliberately dressed in silks and turbans, whose challenge was to inhabit the clothing ... Black men are finally getting their flowers for being true style ...

Clothing as message. Fashion and style as tools, signifiers of culture and identity, whether intentional or assumed. There's likely no group for whom that's been more true than Black men.

Clothing as message. Fashion and style as tools, signifiers of culture and identity, whether intentional or assumed. There’s likely no group for whom that’s been more true than Black men.