dandyism
noun
dan·dy·ism
ˈdan-dē-ˌi-zəm 
1
: the style or conduct of a dandy
2
: a literary and artistic style of the latter part of the 19th century marked by artificiality and excessive refinement
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9 revealed that its Costume Institute’s spring 2025 show will explore the influence of Black dandyism on fashion, culture, and identity.
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2024
As prosecuting attorney Nico Della Guardia, Fagbenle is a delightfully wicked presence, all smug dandyism when navigating the case against Rusty Sabich for the murder of Carolyn Polhemus.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 July 2024
This exhibition will explore concepts that define Black dandyism specifically and uncover elements of productive tension that appear when considering the figure—such as ownership, authority and self-possession, ease, exaggeration, freedom, transgression, dissonance, and spectacularity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2024
Since the exhibition will dig into Black dandyism by proxy Talley’s name comes to mind.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Contemporary Black dandyism has been enlivening the red carpet at the Met Gala for years.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
The theme will explore Black men in fashion, contextualized by dandyism.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
But dandyism has deeper roots in African aesthetics, and has since become a transgressive subculture that is continuously revived around the world.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Or our beloved Andres–Leon Talley and 3000–men with style so painstakingly attended to and elaborately shown so as to remind us that dandyism ultimately lies in the hands of the man.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2024
As prosecuting attorney Nico Della Guardia, Fagbenle is a delightfully wicked presence, all smug dandyism when navigating the case against Rusty Sabich for the murder of Carolyn Polhemus.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 July 2024
This exhibition will explore concepts that define Black dandyism specifically and uncover elements of productive tension that appear when considering the figure—such as ownership, authority and self-possession, ease, exaggeration, freedom, transgression, dissonance, and spectacularity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2024
Since the exhibition will dig into Black dandyism by proxy Talley’s name comes to mind.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Contemporary Black dandyism has been enlivening the red carpet at the Met Gala for years.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
The theme will explore Black men in fashion, contextualized by dandyism.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
But dandyism has deeper roots in African aesthetics, and has since become a transgressive subculture that is continuously revived around the world.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Or our beloved Andres–Leon Talley and 3000–men with style so painstakingly attended to and elaborately shown so as to remind us that dandyism ultimately lies in the hands of the man.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
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