In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long ...

He grew up in the South, where fashion is often theatrical and deeply rooted in soulful traditions. In the Black church, fashion is especially daring and innovative. Churchgoers are most known for ...

One of the Delaney pieces sold for $18,000. Knoxville's Black fashion honors tradition and reinvention, from church pews to prom night Black dandyism style is full of vibrant colors, rich fabrics ...

Don't miss this package of fascinating stories looking at local history and the modern role of Black fashion in Knoxville and beyond.

Much of the buzz around fashion's biggest night revolves ... flair to their tailored Sunday best looks for church or holidays. Post-Emancipation, Black Americans had a chance to reclaim their ...

Dandyism is a style of dressing for Black men that exemplifies elegance, individuality, and resistance through dress, writes Atlanta style anthropologist Darryl Lesure.

the press and the church, but one thing they have "always had a modicum of control over is our own bodies", so dandyism was a strategy utilized historically by Black people. The fashion historian ...

"Fashion breaks down a lot of barriers," Burnett ... Lee first learned of 'dandyism' through the black church, saying he is "the son of a grandson of pastors," and noted that his father is a ...

“We know that Black men throughout history have always come and shown up and shown out, whether it was a church suit or whether it’s with a top hat or fashion like how our uncles and ...

Vogue describes it as “a fashion revolution ... Lupita is a vision in mint—channeling vintage Black church elegance with a soft, double-breasted suit, matching cape, and a fly little hat ...

Miller, a Barnard College professor whose book, “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling ... or aunts would wear when they went to church. Speaking of family, Agbobly says that he ...