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Until 26 October: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
Until 26 October: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
The Met’s Costume Institute presents Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, a sweeping exploration of Black dandyism’s 250-year history and its enduring global influence. Curated by Monica L. Miller, author of Slaves to Fashion, the exhibition traces how style has been used as both defiance and self-definition across the Black diaspora.
Twelve themes — from Ownership and Presence to Heritage and Cool — guide visitors through over 200 garments, artworks, and ephemera. Highlights include André Leon Talley’s bespoke English suits and Nigerian-made capes, Virgil Abloh’s Kente-draped Louis Vuitton suit, and Grace Wales Bonner’s cowrie-embellished velvet tailoring.
From 18th-century livery to Prince’s flamboyant Regency-style shirts, NBA tunnel fashion, and contemporary street-prep fusion, Superfine reveals fashion as a potent political tool. The show positions the Black dandy as a cultural innovator whose influence continues to shape modern menswear, redefining masculinity, identity, and elegance for a global stage.
Read a review of this show in Selvedge Issue 126, Deco
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