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Met Gala 2025 Theme Announced: 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style'
Preparations for Met Gala 2025 has begun! It will take place on May 5, 2025.
ASAP Rocky and Rihanna are seen on May 1, 2023 in New York City. (Photo: Instagram/badgalriri)
On Wednesday, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the theme for the 2025 Met Gala. The event will take place on the first Monday in May, meaning it will be held on May 5, 2025.
The 2025 Met Gala Theme
The 2025 Met Gala theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” an expression of Black dandyism. It is inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The exhibit will be curated by Miller and Andrew Bolton of the Met Costume Institute.
Black dandyism, as described by Miller, is "a strategy and a tool to rethink identity, to reimagine the self in a different context. To really push a boundary — especially during the time of enslavement, to push a boundary on who and what counts as human, even."
According to Vogue, the exhibit will explore “the style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th century through to the present.”
The announcement of this theme raises questions about how the Met will execute such a complex concept.
Black Dandyism Explained
Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis, in her book Dandy Lion, wrote, "The Victorian dandy movement coincided with the height of the transatlantic slave trade. Consequently, the Black dandy entered Western history when enslaved Africans were made to dress up extravagantly to represent their owners."However, she continues, “the luxuriously dressed servants became more than status symbols when they personalised their uniforms with their own sense of pride and style.”
This look transcended class and gender, with suits becoming a symbol of "asserting agency through the appropriation of Eurocentric style that had been enforced, by injecting identity and self-definition," states Huck.
Robin Givhan, in her column for The Washington Post, explains the modern relevance of Black dandyism. "Contemporary dandies include men such as those who gathered on 125th Street in Harlem in 2020 and marched down Fifth Avenue in a show of respect for George Floyd, to underscore their own humanity and to defy stubborn narratives about the inherent thuggery of Black men."
They dressed in trim, sober suits, as well as jackets and trousers that were akin to a peacock’s glorious plumage. "It wasn’t merely the clothes that were remarkable; it was the effort that made the powerful statement. The personal decision to dress just so was an acknowledgment that Black men held their bodies in high, loving regard, even if society too often did not," Givhan adds.
Watch the video to understand the theme better.
Who Are the Co-Chairs for the 2025 Met Gala?
The co-chairs for the 2025 Met Gala will include American actor and playwright Colman Domingo, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, rapper A$AP Rocky, singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Basketball player LeBron James will serve as an honorary co-chair.
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