“Black Dandyism” is a term referring to the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the eighteenth century and the evolution of black identities and fashion in the diaspora. “Dandyism” was first introduced to describe the conspicuous consumption in which exceptionally dapper Black slaves became personal fixtures of wealth for white slave owners. Faced with the shock of violent displacements, slaves had to give up their clothing, take on new clothes and fashion new identities. This historical encount...
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