Exhibition Preview Conversation—Superfine: Tailoring Black Style at The Billie Holiday Theatre

In celebration of The Met’s upcoming Costume Institute exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, join us for an intimate panel conversation exploring the creative entrepreneurship of Black fashion designers. Learn about the ways they have shaped Brooklyn’s global reputation as a center for Black fashion evolution.

Speakers:
Introduction from Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Met
Monica L. Miller, Guest Curator, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, and Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University
Ev Bravado and Téla D’Amore, Founders, Who Decides War
Dynasty and Soull Ogun, Founders, L’Enchanteur
Closing remarks by Shadawn Smith, Executive Director, The Billie Holiday Theatre, and Executive Vice President, Arts and Culture, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

Presented in collaboration with The Billie Holiday Theatre at Restoration Plaza. This is one of two offsite conversations related to Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. The first conversation took place at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria Theater in Harlem on April 8.


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