Designs by Jacques Agbobly (left) and Jeffrey Banks, intended for the upcoming Costume Institute exhibit, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", appear in the installation room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo: AP
What’s in a suit? According to curators busy prepping the newest Met Gala exhibit, a whole lot more than tailoring: history, culture, identity, power and, most of all, self-expression.
"Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” this year’s spring show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute (opening to the public on May 10 and runs through Oct 26), will be launched as usual by the star-packed Met Gala a few nights earlier, on May 5.
