DANDY LION/ THE BLACK DANDY AND STREET STYLE

Suits that pop with loud colors and dazzling patterns, complete with a nearly ubiquitous bowtie, define the style of the new dandy. Described as high-styled rebels by author Shantrelle P. Lewis, black men with a penchant for color and refined fashion, both new and vintage, have gained popular attention in recent years, influencing mainstream fashion. But black dandyism itself is not new/ o riginating in Enlightenment Englands slave culture, it has continued for generations in black cultures around the world. Now, set a gainst the ba...[Read more]