We’re thinking May in October, and while it won’t make sense to many, it will definitely resonate among fashion enthusiasts. You may ask why are we thinking so far ahead? Well, on Wednesday, October 9, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced the official theme of the 2025 Met Gala, as well as the names of the celebrities who will co-chair fashion’s most respected night.
The theme of the 2025 Met Gala will be Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which Vogue described via its official Instagram handle as intended to examine “the importance of clothing and style to the formation of black identity in the Atlantic diaspora.” According to Vogue, the theme and its associated Costume Institute exhibit Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity draws inspiration from it.
As for the co-chairs of the fashion festival, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams will join Anna Wintour in leading the fashion parade on May 5, 2025. NBA star LeBron James will also serve as an honoree. Co-chairman.
Andrew Bolton, head curator of the Costume Institute, said of the chosen hosts, “They are all men who are not afraid to take risks with their self-presentation.” “They take advantage of classic forms, but they also remix them and break them in really new ways.”
As for the dress code, while us regular fashion lovers may know that the Met Gala’s theme and dress code are not synonymous with each other, here’s a breakdown for those who fell in love with fashion a little late in life.
To better understand the difference between the two terms, an example may be helpful. So here it is:
The theme of the Met Gala 2024 was Sleeping Beauties: Rewalking Fashion, while the dresses were The Garden of Time, leading many attendees to wear ensembles pulled from the archives of their favorite fashion houses. Thankfully, not many people were put off by the idea of ​​a Disney princess-themed event.
Typically, the dress code isn’t revealed until much closer to the event, so we’ll have to wait a bit for specifics on what guests are expected to wear with their outfits for the next edition.
The Met Gala, first organized and chaired by Anna Wintour in 1995, serves as a fundraiser for the Costume Institute and coincides with the opening of its annual fashion exhibition. Approximately 600 celebrities grace the Met steps in New York each year, with the guest list usually kept secret until the evening before the event. Previous editions have seen stars like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Blake Lively and Kim Kardashian make a mark with their carefully crafted ensembles.
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