It must be said that the announcement of the theme and co-chairs of the next Met Gala was a pleasant surprise. In addition to instructions dedicated to designers of color, Anna Wintour invited five male stars from the black community to lead the most followed fashion event of the year.
After the tribute edition to Karl Lagerfeld, that of the “sleeping beauties” or the golden age, it is time for the Met Gala to highlight another fashion culture with a theme dedicated to the men’s fashion of the community black. “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, i.e. “Superfine: adapting the black style” is the instruction that must be respected next May during the gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
And like every year, Anna Wintour will be well surrounded for this edition. Who better to carry this theme than the community’s most stylish stars? The popess of fashion thus called on Pharrell Williams (artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s men’s collections since 2023), Lewis Hamilton (seven-time Formula 1 world champion with a style that goes beyond the limits of the paddock), A$AP Rocky (rapper turned stylist, having collaborated with Dior or Calvin Klein before developing his own brand) and Colman Domingo (which makes each red carpet outing a fashion moment in its own right) to be co-presidents of this edition.
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A$AP Rocky and his partner Rihanna on the carpet at the Met Gala 2023.
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Pharrell Williams previously served as co-chair of the Met Gala in 2017.
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Additionally, there will be an honorary chair position for the event in 2025. And it’s up to the NBA star LeBron James that the task will come back. If this is his first participation in the fashion gala, he will undoubtedly be able to count on the support of Pharrell Williams who already served as co-president in 2017, regular A$AP Rocky or Colman Domingo who took her first steps at the Met Gala last year.
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Lewis Hamilton « honoré »
As for Lewis Hamilton, the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has become his playground. Since 2015, the 39-year-old driver has participated annually in the gala during which he outdoes himself sartorially. Efforts that earned him the title of Formula 1’s undisputed fashion icon, a front row seat at numerous fashion shows and, ultimately, a position as co-chair of the event.
On Instagram, two of the four lucky “chosen ones” expressed their gratitude. “This theme speaks to me deeply,” wrote Lewis Hamilton. “Growing up being the only black kid on the track, expressing myself creatively was and still is my freedom away from that conformity. For Black people in the diaspora, fashion is about self-preservation. Fashion is resilience. »
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For his part, Colman Domingo praised the organization’s efforts to “rectify its own historical failures in diversity and inclusion”: “The first exhibition to focus solely on the work of creators of color, as well as the first in over of two decades of focusing explicitly on menswear. It is an exceptional honor. »
The edition is planned for Monday May 4, 2025we will have to wait a while longer before knowing the list of guests and having more details on the progress of this evening. Last year, Zendaya, Demi Moore and Lana del Rey caused a sensation with outfits, each more extravagant than the last.
