dandyism
noun
dan·dy·ism
ˈdan-dē-ˌi-zəm 
1
: the style or conduct of a dandy
2
: a literary and artistic style of the latter part of the 19th century marked by artificiality and excessive refinement
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This exhibition will explore concepts that define Black dandyism specifically and uncover elements of productive tension that appear when considering the figure—such as ownership, authority and self-possession, ease, exaggeration, freedom, transgression, dissonance, and spectacularity.
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2024
Since the exhibition will dig into Black dandyism by proxy Talley’s name comes to mind.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Contemporary Black dandyism has been enlivening the red carpet at the Met Gala for years.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
The theme will explore Black men in fashion, contextualized by dandyism.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
But dandyism has deeper roots in African aesthetics, and has since become a transgressive subculture that is continuously revived around the world.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Or our beloved Andres–Leon Talley and 3000–men with style so painstakingly attended to and elaborately shown so as to remind us that dandyism ultimately lies in the hands of the man.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
The collected edition of Jünger’s interwar theorizing runs to nearly one thousand pages, and gives the impression less of an engaged political writer with a taste for dandyism than a dandy with a taste for politics.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
At his 1931 trial for tax evasion, federal prosecutors tried to weaponize his dandyism, trotting out his personal tailor who testified, in a not-so-subtle dig, that Capone’s favorite colors were green and canary.
—Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
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News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2024
Since the exhibition will dig into Black dandyism by proxy Talley’s name comes to mind.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Contemporary Black dandyism has been enlivening the red carpet at the Met Gala for years.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
The theme will explore Black men in fashion, contextualized by dandyism.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
But dandyism has deeper roots in African aesthetics, and has since become a transgressive subculture that is continuously revived around the world.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Or our beloved Andres–Leon Talley and 3000–men with style so painstakingly attended to and elaborately shown so as to remind us that dandyism ultimately lies in the hands of the man.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
The collected edition of Jünger’s interwar theorizing runs to nearly one thousand pages, and gives the impression less of an engaged political writer with a taste for dandyism than a dandy with a taste for politics.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
At his 1931 trial for tax evasion, federal prosecutors tried to weaponize his dandyism, trotting out his personal tailor who testified, in a not-so-subtle dig, that Capone’s favorite colors were green and canary.
—Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
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