The idea that African-American men have great fashion sense is not a stereotype, says Monica L. Miller, the author of Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

For Black men, fashion has been a tool of self-expression — and a way they’ve been judged “It's always a dialogue, between what you can put on and what you can't take off,” said 2025 Met ...

For Black Men, Fashion Has Been a Tool of Self-Expression — and a Way They've Been Judged NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the ...

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 ...

Debates over the clothes Black men wear and how they wear them have at times turned into a form of cultural and literal policing, like when a young Black man sued a New York department store in ...

Debates over the clothes Black men wear and how they wear them have at times turned into a form of cultural and literal policing, like when a young Black man sued a New York department store in ...

Clothing matters, and not just at the Met Gala “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” opening to the public May 10, focuses on Black designers and menswear.It uses the 2009 book, “Slaves to ...

For Black men, fashion has been a tool of self-expression — and a way they’ve been judged Black style will be on display, and prominently, at Monday's Met Gala.

For Black men, fashion has been a tool of self-expression — and a way they've been judged. DEEPTI HAJELA. Updated May 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM. Copied; 1 / 2. Met Gala-Race and Fashion.

For Black men, fashion has been a tool of self-expression — and a way they've been judged Clothing as message. Deepti Hajela. Thursday 01 May 2025 05:06 BST.