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Welcome to the Dressed, the History of Fashion, a podcast that explores the who, what, when, of why we wear. We are friends,

fashion historians, and your host, April Callahan, and Cassidy Zachary.

Dress listeners, welcome to part two of our conversation with Dr. Monica L. Miller, the guest curator of the most talked about exhibition of the year. And of course, I am talking about

the Costum Institute's exhibition Super Fine, tailoring Black Style, which is a historical and

cultural examination of black style through the lens of dandyism, currently on view at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. And it is also well worth mentioning April that this

is the museum's first

exhibition devoted to menswear in 20 years. Yes, and one that is uncoincidentally coming on the

heels of a very vibrant renaissance in men's fashion, that it is in no small part spearheaded by

many of the black designers featured within the exhibition.

And these contemporary designers, like the Black Dandy, are really the pillars of this groundbreaking exhibition, which is as much about celebrating the past as it is about the

present of Black Dandyism, which is an intentional practice very much alive and well today.

And on Wednesday's episode, Monica took us behind the seams of the exhibit, introducing us to

her research, the inspirations behind the exhibition and the process of creating it.

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