Where to find today’s dandies? I'll tell you. Inspired by the 2025 Met Gala theme, 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' I explore the enduring legacy of Black dandyism and fashion icons. Read more on the blog! #BlackDandyism #MetGala2025

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HAPPY B'EARTHDAY SHANTRELLE! 🎉

Y'all, buy HER book!

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@apshantology I am Shantrelle P. Lewis, the Founder and Curator of @thedandylionproject and the Author of Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style. I first curated Dandy Lion in 2010 as a pop up exhibition in Harlem by invitation of my friend Ngozi Odita from Society HAE. The exhibition traveled to museums and galleries around the world. In 2017, this renowned project was published into a book that has been highly acclaimed.

I founded #DandyLion as the first comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of the global #Blackdandy in all his/her/their splendor. I’ve defined the #BlackDandies as a trickster figure, a dapper agitator. A person, who dresses as a nod to their well-dressed grandfathers NOT Oscar Wilde. He/she/they — Black dandies mix vintage clothing with modern pieces; European suits with African prints, polka dots with plaid; most importantly flamboyant colors with classic lines. Black Dandyism is NOT about fashion or luxury but all about style.

Lastly, I founded this project to document the cis-het AND queer men, the masculine of center women AND transmen AND femmes, well-dressed trickster rebels who are bucking the system in their suits and ties. (🫶🏿dream for the nuance)

#TheDandyLionMovement has been here for a years. It won’t be erased because we’re here to stay.

In the words of the Black Masking Indians “Won’t bend, won’t bow, don’t know how.” Omar Victor Diop, the late great Daniele Tamagni, Arteh Odjija, L. Kasimu Harris, Abdul Aziz, Rog and Bee Walker, Harness Hamese, Kristin-Lee Moolman, Adrien Sauvage, Janet Beckman, Rose Callahan, Jody Ake, Prisca M. Monnier, Bo Li and Delores Oblitey, Tarik Zaidi, Hassan Hajjaj, John Midgley, Marc Abrahams, Aaron Smith, Eli Schmidt, Phil Knott, Sara Shamsavari, Kia Chenelle, Marc Baptiste, Aaron Smith, BOUBA DOLA, ANT RIVERA

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Ik kan gewoon bijna niet geloven hoe op het eind alles zo mooi samen valt. De Sapeurs van het begin komen aan het eind van de minor samen in een Guinness reclame. Een vrij traditioneel Iers bier wat zich wil profileren als een bier zonder plaatsing,bestaand in de Heterotopia.  DIT is pas globalisering.