Dapper Dan didn’t just address a sold-out crowd at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday night — he had attendees rapt with his wit and wisdom. In a Q&A with Monica L. Miller, guest curator of the ...

The 2025 Met Gala would have been incomplete without the modern Black Dandy in attendance: Dapper Dan. A Harlem legend and style icon, the trailblazing tailor walked the blue carpet of the ...

NMAFMAI copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. "With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the early 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos ...

The Harlem Renaissance was both a literary and musical movement, as well as a style revolution. In the 1920s, Harlem became the center of a new cultural identity, where style of dress became ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a color photograph depicting ...