You don't have to go to the Met to find Black Dandyism. Tai Davis, Yoro Newson and Brandin Vaughn are local designers ...

And our Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem will tell those stories, whether Trump wants us to or not. Trump’s executive order was a naked declaration of war on all cultural institutions that ...

The Met Gala returned for 2025 in New York City, with a spotlight on Black style and tailoring. Here's what to know about this year's theme explained. Much of the buzz around fashion's biggest ...

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch Brooklyn Museum, until 13 July This Afro-Indigenous artist’s retrospective tells a long-overlooked story of grit in the face of adversity.

Black dandyism is a style with roots in the 18th century, although it became more widespread following the Civil War and was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s.

By the Harlem Renaissance emerged in the 1920s, the Black dandy had become electric. Zoot suits, wide-brimmed hats and uncompromising looks took this fashion form and changed it into a type of ...

When the email came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Agbobly at first didn’t quite believe it. The Brooklyn-based fashion designer had only been in the business for five years.

Colman Domingo attends the press conference for the 2025 Met Gala celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025 in New York City.

His actions met the standard of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor. He’s one of more than 3,500 American soldiers, sailors, airmen and coast guardians who have received the Medal ...

A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social progress.