Black History thread

[KNC24]

With today being the first day of black history month, I wanted tocreate a thread to celebrate the beauty and diversity. Feel free to post beauty campaigns, photos, looks, makeup and anything that you feel is related. For me this essence cover is amazing to me. The skin is on point and I like how beauty and culture of our ancestors are fused to create a beautiful picture.

[danielledanielle]

The 2025 Met Gala celebrated Black dandyism. Here's what that means.

By Amanda Krause and Samantha Grindell Pettyjohn
Colman Domingo in a textured suit in front of a red couch.
Bre Johnson /WWD via Getty Images

May 5, 2025, 1:21 PM ET

    The Met Gala is being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night.
    This year's theme, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," celebrates menswear and Black dandyism.
    The latter is a style and a movement of Black culture, once expressed by men like Langston Hughes.

Fashion's biggest night of the year has finally arrived.

The 2025 Met Gala will take place Monday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Every year, celebrities flock to the gala for the annual fundraiser, which raises money for the museum's Costume Institute, in high-fashion ensembles.

The Met Gala has a different theme each year. For the 2025 event, it's "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." As reported by Vogue, the theme was designed to celebrate menswear and Black dandyism, which is both a style and an ethos that dates back to the 18th century.

Here's everything you need to know about Black dandyism and how the Met Gala will honor it.
Black dandyism, explained

Put simply, a dandy is a man who's dressed sharply. He's refined, has excellent manners, and is perfectly groomed.

Beau Brummell, a figure of Regency England, is widely considered the first dandy. His care for his personal appearance inspired other men of the late 18th and 19th centuries to employ good hygiene and experiment with trendy garments, leaving behind aristocratic ways of dressing.

Black dandyism, though, goes beyond fashion and aesthetics.

As Ty Gaskins reported for Vogue, what's often described as a style is better defined as a "fashion revolution" — one that's simultaneously an act of protest, a creation of culture, and a celebration of individuality for Black men.

"In a world where Black people have been marginalized, the dandy became a figure who defied the rigid categories of race and class that sought to confine them," Gaskins wrote.
Langston Hughes sits in a chair while wearing a black suit and tie.

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Langston Hughes, one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. Lincoln University/Getty Images

Black dandyism grew in the post-Emancipation era, when former slaves and servants took on dandyism — or dressing in sharp suits, polished shoes, and accessories like hats and ties — as a form of assertion by assimilation.
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However, Vogue reported that the movement truly blossomed during the Harlem Renaissance when figures like Langston Hughes and Cab Calloway emerged, changing both society at large and Black dandyism specifically.

Their work and outfits inspired modern stars like André 3000 to embrace Black dandyism as a signature style and essence. Movies like "Sinners" have also embraced Black dandyism this year.

Colman Domingo and other stars will bring this theme to life

When Vogue announced the 2025 Met Gala theme in October, it reported that it took inspiration from Monica Miller's book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity," published in 2009.

Both the theme and the Costume Institute's Spring exhibition will examine the impact style had on the Black diaspora, zeroing in on Black dandyism.

The Met Gala itself has never focused on menswear, and the museum's forthcoming exhibit is only the second in the Costume Institute's history to do so, following its "Men in Skirts" exhibit, which ran from November 2003 to February 2004.

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Jean Paul Gaultier (R) talks to Anna Wintour about his new sponsored exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Bravehearts: Men in Skirts," in November 2003. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

The 2025 Met Gala also has a "Tailored For You" dress code, designed to encourage attendees to honor the theme and reflect their personal style.

This year's Met Gala co-chairs — Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, and ASAP Rocky — will help to set the tone for the night with their looks, as all are known for their high-fashion approaches to menswear.
Colman Domingo in a textured suit in front of a red couch.
Colman Domingo at Wayman + Micah's pre-Met party on May 4, 2025. Bre Johnson /WWD via Getty Images

Vogue said it hopes attendees take "creative interpretation" of the dress code, though suits and accessories typically associated with men, from pocket squares to statement hats, will be popular on the red carpet.

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[danielledanielle]

Ulta has 10x point bonus multiplier for Black Owned Beauty 🖤🖤

 

[danielledanielle]

From BET's "Black Beauty Pioneers You Need to Know"

[danielledanielle]

Rewards Bazaar is featuring black owned brands.  Love it, but wish the specific brands were named...

The app doesn't show you 🙃😑

[danielledanielle]

Nice selection from Lys, Danessa Myricks, Fenty, Bread, Oui the People, Briogeo, Adwoa and Pattern

[itsfi]

@danielledanielle, the Oui the People combo will make for a great body care / wellness routine. 

[danielledanielle]

Too friggin' cool...

There are three very cool Barbies, Ida B. Wells, Bessie Coleman and Madame C.J. Walker. 

How cool is the attention to detail?!?

It's also worthwhile to note on this board that Walker made a huge contribution to beauty.  I believe she was the first female millionaire, or at least first female entrepreneur of note, by selling hair care products specifically made for black women.

Crosspost from How do you Tar-zhay - The Target Thread 

[itsfi]

Ahhh, I love these @danielledanielle! 🥰

[danielledanielle]

Bumping this thread in honor of BHM2024

Also @KNC24 , you are missed 🫶🏽

[KNC24]

Disney princess

[makeitup305]

these are all so beautiful ! I like the interpretations. Who’s the first one though? I recognize all the other ones but not that one. Is it meant to be Ariel?

[ShortErica]

@makeitup305 I see

Moana

Snow White

Sleeping Beauty

Tiana

Belle

Jasmine

They all look amazing!

[makeitup305]

Oh duh! @ShortErica totally see it now. I think I’m just old now and only think of Disney princesses as the classics

[ShortErica]

I'm not hip to all the new Disney stuff @makeitup305. I remember the first time my cousin's daughter had a Moana necklace and I asked if it was Lilo and Stitch. Oops!

[danielledanielle]

"Oh don't mind me, I'm just aging backwards."* --Angela Bassett

*Not an actual quote 😆🤷🏽‍♀️

[KNC24]

Aaliyah....

[danielledanielle]

Sigh, gone too soon

[KNC24]

[KNC24]

Regina King could always wear a dress and own it.