An American jockey suit (1830–50), designer unknown. Charleston Museum. Photo: © Tyler Mitchell, 2025

Livery, American, circa 1840, Courtesy Maryland Center for History and Culture, gift of Miss Constance Petre, 1946.3.3a-c. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Costume, American, 1939 ; courtesy of Benny Reese, Reese's Vintage Pieces. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Zoot suit, American, 1940s ; Alfred Z. Solomon-Janet A. Sloane Endowment Fund, 2024 (2024.2a, b). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Unknown (American), Portrait, 1940-1950s. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2015 (2015.330)

Ensemble, Virgil Abloh (American, 1980-2021) for Louis Vuitton (French, founded 1854), menswear fall-winter 2021-2022 collection ; Courtesy Collection Louis Vuitton. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Suit "Maya Angelou Passport", Foday Dumbuya (Sierra Leone) for Labrum London (British, found in 2014), fall-winter 2023-2024 ; Courtesy Labrum London. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tyler Mitchell, Untitled (Christian in Wales Bonner), 2024 © Tyler Mitchell

Suit, Pharrell Williams (American, born in 1973) for Louis Vuitton (French, founded in 1854), menswear spring-summer 2025 collection. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art