Superfine: Tailoring Black Style opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in May 2025, exploring the relationship between Black identity, dandyism and sartorial excellence across three centuries.
Andrew Ramroop OBE was invited to contribute a work that would show the world what bespoke tailoring actually is. He hand-crafted a jacket and waistcoat specifically for the exhibition, each piece left half-finished by design. One-half is a completed garment. The other reveals the internal structure beneath: the canvas, the padding, the bastings still in place. Visitors can see exactly what lies inside a Savile Row suit and what it takes to build one.
Also on display are the tools of the trade: a tracing wheel, a wooden folding square, and tailor's shears. These belonged to Maurice Sedwell himself. When Andrew took ownership of the house in 1988, they passed to him. He uses them still.
The exhibition runs at The Met Fifth Avenue through 26 October 2025.