Jacques Agbobly first didn’t think the email from the Metropolitan Museum of Art was real. The clothes designer from Brooklyn had only been working for five years. One of the best institutions in the world was now requesting that two of his creations be included in the exhibit “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which was introduced by the glamorous Met Gala. Agbobly remarked in an interview, “I was just blown away with excitement.” “I needed to confirm that it came from a legitimate email. When the moment of exhilaration arrived, I asked myself, “Am I permitted to discuss this with anyone?
Growing up in Togo, Agbobly watched tailors and seamstresses make exquisite clothing in a portion of the family’s rental house. Later, while studying fashion in New York, the budding designer dreamed of being a part of the Met Gala carpet someday.
“Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” is the first menswear-focused show at the Costume Institute to concentrate only on Black designers in over two decades. This exhibit features several up-and-coming designers, such as Agbobly, in contrast to previous exhibitions that emphasised the work of well-known designers like Karl Lagerfeld or Charles James.
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