what many Black folks wore to church is also what they wore to protest, from Black men in three-piece suits and dress shoes to Black women with white dresses or dress suits and a hat, cocked to ...

When you look good you feel good. But beyond that colloquialism, looking the part professionally, especially as a black man, is extremely important. That is why Gerard “PK” Kersey and his ...

Jordan, Winston Duke and Jay Ellis. “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 ...

Black dandyism uses bold colors ... Hall, the owner of Knoxville-based Marc Nelson Denim, designs custom suits, denim and apparel primarily for men. Fashion and self-esteem are deeply connected ...

Clothing as message. Fashion and style as tools, signifiers of culture and identity, whether intentional or assumed. There’s likely no group for whom that’s been more true than Black men.

Throughout the 20th century, suits remained important in Black men’s style. In the 1950s and 1960s, participants in the Civil Rights movement often wore their “Sunday best”—dark suits with ...

From Barack Obama to Rand Paul, Ta-Nehisi Coates to Jason Riley: Across the ideological spectrum, scholars, pundits, and politicians seem to agree that black men are floundering. As the president ...