The answer lies in both the historical and the utterly contemporary, say experts in black popular history, culture, and aesthetics. The T-shirt renaissance is part social media, part outraged ...

If the aesthetic speaks to you ... Urban Renewal Vintage Oversized Flannel Shirt ($39) an effortlessly cool and practical look. Layer it over a black tank tucked into dark trousers for a dark ...

Self-deprecating humor is Louis CK's trademark, and the black t-shirt makes that aesthetic concrete and visible. It makes the form of the comedian-as-celebrity recede even as Louis CK stands right ...

But with this latest collection, the designer swapped high fashion for Western-inspired pieces like denim button-downs and Oxford shirts embroidered ... of Western aesthetics and Black culture ...

But the Black western story and aesthetic aren't new—they're just ... Getty A rider wearing a Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo shirt. "There were thousands of Black cowboys and cowgirls all ...

In this time of racial reckoning, a renewed emphasis has been placed on the Black aesthetic — whether in the form of Black art and designs or the talents brought to a project by Black creatives ...