Fashion, Politics and Black Dandyism with Darnell-Jamal Lisby

Join us as we sit down with Darnell-Jamal Lisby, the first fashion curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), just days before the 2025 Met Gala and the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at the Costume Institute.

As a fashion historian, Lisby helped organize CMA’s iteration of "The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion" and curated the exhibitions "Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession" and "Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution." Prior to joining CMA, Lisby worked at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where he organized programming for the museum’s first virtual — and best attended — symposium, “Fashion, Culture, Futures: African American Ingenuity, Activism, and Storytelling.” Lisby holds degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology, including an MA in fashion and textiles stu ...