TAILORING BLACK DANDYISM

TAILORING BLACK DANDYISM

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No, wearing a suit doesn’t make you a dandy.
Louis Vuitton showcased in Paris last June tailoring looks for their Menswear S/S 26 collection, described in a communication release by the brand as a…
Aug 22 • 
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May 2025

the Dandy Woman - part 2
or how the codes of dandyism reinvented a gender-neutral wardrobe
May 11 • 
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dandy - the invention of an icon and creation of artifice
the construction of a sacralizing storytelling
May 7 • 
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the Dandy Woman - part 1
or how the codes of dandyism reinvented a gender-neutral wardrobe
May 5 • 
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the Dandy's heirs
the unfinished, always evolving character
May 4 • 
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April 2025

the forgotten Dandy - part 2
or how Virgil Abloh embodied an institutional anti-conformism at Louis Vuitton
Apr 28 • 
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the forgotten Dandy - part 1
or how Virgil Abloh embodied an institutional anti-conformism at Louis Vuitton
Apr 25 • 
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the dandy: a cure for the famine of beauty
or how André Leon Talley redefined Black dandyism in the 90's
Apr 18 • 
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March 2025

the Sapeur's 10th commandments
or how the SAPE movement kept inspiring and breaking bouderies beyond Brazzaville and Kinshasa
Mar 30 • 
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to be seen
the Sapeur character
Mar 23 • 
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la Sape
and the subtle art of Congolese Sapeurs
Mar 14 • 
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Black dandy: a figure of liberation
the origin of Black dandyism in the 18th century
Mar 9 • 
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