Tailoring Black Style," pays homage to the lesser-known style movement known as Black dandyism. We'll explain.

Centuries after Danish ships carrying enslaved people from West Africa disappeared in the Caribbean, the charred and destroyed remains have been identified for the first time.

What is the Met Gala's theme of Black dandyism? Art history offers up plenty of examples of this expressive form of menswear.

Dandyism is characterized by an intense focus on aesthetics. Black dandyism began emerging as far back as 1700s England, when slave owners who wanted to flaunt their wealth began dressing their ...

And how had their journeys come to such violent ends? “According to historical sources, the two Danish slave ships Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus were shipwrecked off the coast of ...

The Met Gala is taking place on 5 May - the first Monday in May, as the saying famously goes - while the fashion exhibition ...

As per Vogue, the exhibition is inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of ...

Read more: The 2025 Met Gala Theme Honors Black Dandyism. We’re Already Missing the Point ...

In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel for young readers, a girl in Boston must survive a dangerous smallpox epidemic—and ...

Benjamin Lay inspired his congregation to turn against slavery. His story is coming to Quintessence Theatre in May.