The guest curator of a new Met exhibition on Black style offers an annotated early look at a Dapper Dan jacket, André Leon Talley’s luggage and more.
Category: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Iké Udé Is America’s Premier Dandy. Naturally, the Met Came Calling.
The artist Iké Udé understands the power of rejecting labels.
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How Japan Turned Packaging Into an Art Form
A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art.
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Tyler Mitchell Captures ‘the Modern Dandy’ in a New Photo Essay for the Met
The 29-year-old fashion photographer Tyler Mitchell had his own ideas about how to shoot the catalog for the museum’s spring Costume Institute show.
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At the Louvre, the Biggest Fashion Show in Paris
The most visited museum in the world is wooing a new crowd by injecting glamorous new cool into its fustiest department.
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At the Louvre, the Biggest Fashion Show in Paris
The most visited museum in the world is wooing a new crowd by injecting glamorous new cool into its fustiest department.
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At the Cloisters, Sor Juana’s Words Ring Out in Song
The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.
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Museum Gift Shops Elevate Their Watch Lines
Recent designs include a collaboration with an award-winning architect and an elaborate pocket watch.
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Johnny Gandelsman’s ‘This Is America’ at the Met Museum
Johnny Gandelsman has commissioned 28 pieces for his project “This Is America,” which explores themes of love, hope, inequality and injustice.
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The Met’s Next Costume Fashion Blockbuster Take On the Politics of Race
With support from LeBron James, ASAP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and more.
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Meet Max Alexander, an 8-Year-Old Charming the Fashion World
An interest in design and a knack for sewing have earned Max Alexander celebrity fans and millions of social media followers.