The world is about to get a proper dose of Black fashion refinery. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Costume Institute have shared that the theme of the 2025 Met Gala will be “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” According to Vogue, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton and Colman Domingo are the gala’s 2025 co-chairs, alongside honorary chair LeBron James.
The upcoming theme is based on the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, written by Monica L. Miller, professor of Africana Studies and chair of the Africana Studies Department at Barnard College in New York City.
Vogue also revealed that the upcoming exhibit will feature garments, paintings, photographs and more, exploring “the indelible style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th century through the present day. As such, the 2025 chairs could not be more fitting,” the magazine writes.
Our men have always been leaders in fashion, from Stephen Burrows, considered the first African American fashion designer to sell internationally and develop a mainstream, high-fashion clientele, to today’s iconic contemporaries like Brandon Blackwood and Sergio Hudson—and all the Dapper Dans and FUBUs in between. And we can’t forget the countless Black men who have worked as tailors, milliners and shoemakers throughout the centuries.
The 2025 Met Gala will take place on Monday, May 5, 2025, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
