This year’s Met Gala is themed “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” Vogue reported that the theme was inspired by Black dandyism, menswear, and “the importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora.” Black dandyism, specifically, is a style and movement that’s been embraced by Black men since the 18th…
Fashion aficionados, assemble! The 2025 Met Gala is officially here. Taking place tonight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City’s Upper East Side, the annual costume benefit sets the stage for some of the most talked about fashion moments for years to come. Each year, on the first Monday of May, attendees…
NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a Black man mattered. Wesley’s pastor father, who migrated from Louisiana after World War II in search of more opportunities than those readily available to Black people in…