O Galatraditional charity event promoted by the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York (USA), happens this Monday (05/05). The festivity will be attended by Lewis HamiltonFerrari pilot, Formula 1, the basketball player LeBron JamesLos Angeles Lakers, and other names in the sport.
The theme of Met Gala 2025 is linked to the usual institute exhibition which this year is called “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”. This is the first exhibition of the usual institute in over two decades that is focused exclusively on men’s fashion. It is inspired by the book “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diaporic Identity” by Monica L. Miller, 2009.
The book talks about a cultural and aesthetic movement entitled “Black Dandism”. According to MET, the exhibition will focus on the “importance of style for the formation of black identities in the Atlantic diaspora, particularly in the United States and Europe.”
Lewis Hamilton and LeBron James are co -presidents of the event. They are also Pharrell Williams (singer), Colman Sunday (actor) and A $ AP Rocky (singer).
In addition to Lewis Hamilton and LeBron James, other names in the sport awaited at the event are Simone Biles (gymnast), Angel Reese (basketball player), Jonathan Owens (football player) and Sha’carri Richardson (sprinter).
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Met Gala 2025: What is the Black dandism?
O Black dandism (or Black Dandyism) It is a cultural and aesthetic movement that combines elegance, sophistication and style with a deep political and historical burden. He has roots in black resistance to colonial and slave oppression, and is mainly expressed through fashion as a form of affirmation of identity, power and subversion of racial stereotypes.
Origin and Meaning:
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Dandy (or dandy) It is a term emerged in nineteenth -century Europe to describe men (generally white and rich) extremely concerned with appearance, refinement and elegant modes.
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O Black dandism He reappors this aesthetics, but with a radically different context: black men-often ex-slavic or marginalized-wore thin clothes as an act of resistance, subverting the image of black as subordinate and reaffirming their dignity.
Main Elements:
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Exquisite fashion: Impeccable tailoring, noble fabrics, striking colors, elegant accessories.
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Cultural affirmation: Combines elements of European fashion with African or Afro-Diascasposi symbols.
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Aesthetic resistance: The refined look challenges racial and social stereotypes.
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Performance and Racial Pride: The image is carefully built as an art form and activism.
Historical and contemporary examples:
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The movement Sapper in Congo (with the SAPE – Society of ambianceors and elegant people) where men dress with extreme elegance in poor environments as a form of pride and identity.
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Figures like Frederick Douglass (19th century African-American activist), the musician Duke Ellingtonand current artists like Jidenna e Billy Porterthat evoke black Dandism in their public appearances.
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