When you hear the word dandy, what do you think of?

Maybe the song “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” which dates all the way back to the Revolutionary War, and compares the colonists to foppish, effeminate idiots: the dandies.

But a summer exhibit at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, closing Aug. 18, aims to reclaim the term. It explores dandyism through the ages, linking to the cutting edge of men’s fashion and style. The name of the show is “Artist, Rebel, Dandy: Men of Fashion” — which does still leave you wondering what you might see.

via Bespoke Suits And Perfect Cravats At ‘Dandy’ Exhibit : NPR.