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#METGala: “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”- What is Black #Dandyism?

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.

What is dandyism?

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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#EssenceFest 2023 HIGHLIGHTS from #MeganTheeStallion, #Tems #LilWayne #Eve #SherylLeeRalph #JanelleMonae #MissyElliott #LaurynHill & MORE! [vids]

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The 2023 Essence Festival concludes TODAY… but let’s check out some HIGHLIGHTS from the past weekend from Tems, Megan Thee Stallion, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Missy, Lil’ Wayne, and MORE!!  TAKE  A LOOK!!

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Mag Tag: #JanelleMonae goes TOPLESS for #RollingStone! [pic]

Janeelle Monae was not afraid to bare it all on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. And we do mean ALL as she goes topless on the lates edition of the venerable glossy.

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NEW VIDEO: #JanelleMonae ‘Lipstick Lover’ [vid]

Janelle Monae is BACK with a VENGEANCE with her latest STEAMY video for ‘Lipstick Lover’!

“This is our oasis made with love, rooted in self-acceptance, throbbing in self-discovery, and signed with cherry red kisses from me to you,” the singer said in a statement to NME. “Lipstick Lover” is, Monáe decreed, “our freeassmothafucka anthem inspired by f.a.m. for f.a.m.”

The video would best be described as a queer oasis, set at what appears to be a pool party in paradise. After Monáe is woken up with a kiss, the singer can be seen embracing a woman’s ass, taking an exceptionally sensual hit off a blunt in another woman’s hand, and masturbating on a bed covered with candy-colored sex toys. And that’s not even the half of it, nor does it account for the cornucopia of gloriously queer action throughout the video that doesn’t even involve Monáe. 

“Lipstick Lover,” and the video’s explosion of tropical eroticism, feels like both the opposite of Monáe’s early aesthetic and a natural evolution of their body of work. Centering pleasure (even, or especially, while fighting back against oppressive regimes) has always been Monáe’s M.O., but that pleasure was not explicitly named as queer until well into their career.  [source]

Take a LOOK at the STEAMY visual below!

‘Lipstick Lover’ is the first effort from their first album in five years, ‘The Age of Pleasure’.

As Monáe said of their forthcoming era, “Titties out for the next 15 years.” 

The Age of Pleasure will be released on Atlantic Records on June 9. 

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WAKE UP JAM: #JanelleMonae ‘Tightrope’ feat. #BigBoi [vid]

WAKE IT UP!! Let’s get into how bad Janelle Monae EATS every type of music she sets her eyes ON!