WAKE IT UP!
Today we honor the LIFE and LEGACY of the great Martin Luther King Jr.!
It goes without saying that Dr. King was a FREEDOM FIGHTER for ALL people! This HOLIDAY reminds us to look to the past from where we came and to also look to the future for there is so much more work to be done to bring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s DREAM to full fruition!
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Just what is Black Dandyism!?
The history-laden style movement will be front and center as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute spring exhibit, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” kicking off with the biggest night in fashion, Monday’s Met Gala.
Once used to describe the aristocratic style and leisurely pursuits of figures like Regency England’s Beau Brummell, dandyism has been recontextualized over the years to embody liberation and resistance through exuberant self-expression.
This evolution of the term began with the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Miller, guest curator of the Met exhibit, writes how, in the 18th century, young, dandified Black servants in England were forced to wear gold, brass or silver collars with padlocks and fine livery — uniforms for slaves and servants — that signaled their owners’ wealth.
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