Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
May 10–October 26, 2025

Garments, accessories, drawings, prints, paintings, photographs, film excerpts, and other resources will tell the story of Black dandyism: men, and sometimes women, of African heritage dressing in high style. What began as a requirement of servitude—enslaved servants’ fancy dress reflected the wealth of their enslavers—evolved into an assertion of the wearers’ irony, wit, and pride.