'Dandyism is a discipline': One man's take on style, identity and defying labels


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Ike Ude, a New York artist born in Nigeria who loathes the title of "America’s premier living dandy", is pictured here in his studio in Manhattan. Photo: The New York Times

Ike Ude will tell you that he is not a dandy, and that he wonders why Americans are so keen to categorise people.

“I don’t think I should elect to call myself anything,” he said.

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