For McGlonn, whose curatorial sourcing focuses on Black tailoring and dress between 1954 to 1972, this moment is both an affirmation and a call to action. “Fashion has been literally a cloak for us.

There’s a pivotal moment in the iconic 1995 film, The Usual Suspects, when the enigmatic and invisible antagonist, Keyser Söze, is described as a force you never see coming and someone who blends into ...