Beyond the artistry of the couture, this year’s theme brought fashion to the forefront of cultural representation.

Tailoring Black Style – The Met’s annual spring Costume Institute exhibition – is a small and faded tan wool livery coat, ...

Ivy Coco Maurice donned an Ivy Ralph tweed skirt to bear witness to her grandmother’s iconic design on display at The Met, ...

The Met's spring exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over 300 years through the concept ...

In “Superfine,” the Africana-studies scholar Monica L. Miller explores the links between style, self-presentation, and ...

The word “dandiacal” doesn’t turn up in everyday conversation. Even the word “dandy,” from which it derives, is not common currency. The dandy has always been an endangered species of ...

As the national art and celebrity worlds coalesced at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Gala in early May, the ...

The theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” It was a celebration of the role of Black culture in fashion. This role was on full display, casting a long-overdue spotlight on the artistry and ...

Fashion is one of the most powerful tools we have for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the story of black American tailoring and the legacy of the ...

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. The moment was not just a celebration of fashion, it was a recognition of a journey that has spanned over four decades — a journey led by a designer who ...