In New York, the black dandyism shines at the extravagant gala of the Met

The celebrities swept on Monday evening on the extravagant gala of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, marked this year by a tribute to black fashion influences, a theme that resonates in Trumpist America.

For an evening, the steps of the prestigious museum of the fifth avenue de Manhattan, backed by Central Park, become the most scrutinized “red carpet” on social networks.

The event, which is used to finance the costume Institute, the fashion department of the prestigious New York museum, attracts crowds of fashionistas ready to wait for hours on the sidewalk to capture an image on their smartphone.

Among the first to dazzle these “fashion Oscars”, the actress and musician Teyana Taylor posed in an outfit with infinite detail: cane in hand, pen hat on her head, she wears a suit enhanced with silver chains on a stuck vest with buttons, under an impressive glowing cape where roses are taking shape.

In the competition of the greatest train, could we compete with that several meters long from the singer Diana Rosswho had the names of his children and her grandchildren embroidered?

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Like every year, Rihanna was long overdue. But she took advantage of the evening to publish a photo of her, rounded belly, in the streets of New York, synonymous with the third child to come with A $ AP Rocky.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you (…) We are really happy,” confirmed the rapper on the Met marches.

The singer of the Barbados, who became a billionaire businesswoman, finally arrived very late, hat wide on her head, gray skirt tied in the back and mini-vintage to better highlight her plump belly.

A worldly evening par excellence, the gala is one of the most selective events on the planet, where the place at dinner costs $ 75,000 (around 62,000 francs), according to figures from the “New York Times”. In 2025, the evening should bring in $ 31 million, unveiled the director general of Met Max Hollein.

But the high priestess of fashion, the editor in the “Vogue” head of “Vogue”, Anna Wintour, also made a cut event for social networks.

The “Met Gala” has a new theme each year that coincides with the great annual exhibition of the Institute costume. In 2025, it was an ambitious exploration of the influences of black diasporas on American fashion, like the black dandies, an aesthetic inherited from slavery that has become symbol of elegance and emancipation.

This complex story is revisited in all its forms. The new rap star Doechii Wears an Afro Cup and a large cigar to accompany a short jacket and a Louis Vuitton shorts. The actor Colman Domingoappointed co-president of the 2025 edition, has a royal blue cape in tribute to the late André Leon Talley-the first African-American creative director at “Vogue”.

«Black Lives Matter»

Other co -presidents of the Gala, the Formula 1 pilot Lewis Hamilton scrolls in impeccable cream costume matching his beret and brilliant diamonds, while the artist Pharrell Williams Carries a short white jacket encrusted with pearls.

At the foot of the steps, they listened to a choir singing the song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” made famous by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terll. On the music side, we also saw the rapper Andre 3000 In full eccentricity, bearing the replica of a piano on his back, like a burden.

The theme of the evening is part of the quest for diversity of American cultural institutions, five years after the immense wave of anti -racist protest of the “Black Lives Matter” movement launched by the death of George Floyd, killed by police.

It takes on a particular dimension when Donald Trump, returned to power, abolishes federal funds on any diversity promotion initiative.

“It is obvious that this exhibition was planned many years ago and that we did not know what would happen in the political arena, but it takes on a new importance and a new reason for being,” said Anna Wintour, who does not hide his support from the Democratic Party.

Honorary president of the evening, the living legend of American basketball Lebron James had to forfeit, because of a knee injury. But the sports stars, increasingly present on fashion podiums, are there, the gymnastics champion Simone Biles to the sprinter Sha’Carri Richardsonpassing through the new stars of women’s basketball, Angel Reese, Sabrina Ionescuor Breanna Stewart.

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