US EditionThe Met Fashion Gala surrenders to the power of African-American dandies
- The 2025 Met Gala, held May 5 in New York, centered on the Costume Institute's exhibition 'Tailoring Black Style' celebrating Black dandyism and menswear.
- The exhibition and gala emphasize Black culture’s underappreciated influence on fashion, highlighting well-tailored menswear blending style and attitude.
- Co-Chairs Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, and Anna Wintour led the event, with Pharrell’s pearl-encrusted outfit showcasing meticulous craftsmanship.
- The gala set a new record by generating $31 million, topping last year’s $26 million, with Max Hollein noting it is the first occasion that fundraising for the museum’s Costume Institute has exceeded $30 million.
- The event’s success signals increased recognition for Black designers and culture, reaffirming fashion as a platform for resistance and creative inheritance.
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Met Gala 2025 celebrates Black elegance and tailored resistance
The Met Gala 2025, formally known as the Costume Institute Benefit, returned with a powerful tribute to Black dandyism under the theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. Held annually at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the event merges fashion and storytelling while raising funds for the museum’s Costume Institute. This year’s showcase spotlighted the elegance, history, and cultural impact of Black style in both historical and modern fashi…
Liisi Eesmaa from the Met Gala: a men's jacket works great on women
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Ball took place in New York on May 5. Fashion designer Liisi Eesmaa admitted in the "Ringvaate" studio that although this year's fashion event was generally rather modest, it was clear that men's jackets fit women very well.
'Chicago Does the Met Gala' takes on Black dandyism
Chicagoans with a flair for fashion and finesse celebrated the biggest night in style with a showstopper of their own on Monday timed in parallel with New York's Met Gala. Attendees descended on the historic Stan Mansion in Logan Square for the Chicago Fashion Coalition event, "Chicago Does the Met Gala." In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute event is an annual affair. This year it honored "the swagger and influence of …
The Met Fashion Gala surrenders to the power of African-American dandies
Black dandyism is this year’s theme at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (Met) Costume Institute exhibition and its eponymous gala. Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, the title of this exhibition, revolves around a style that combines the display of creative, well-tailored menswear with the attitude of the wearer.Seguir leyendo
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