NEW YORK (AP): The theme and celebrity chairs for Met Gala 2025 have been revealed, with Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, and LeBron James joining forces to help the museum début an exhibit celebrating Black style across the centuries. Williams and Hamilton were present Wednesday morning to assist Metropolitan Museum of Art officials in announcing ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ the spring exhibit set to début at the Met Gala on May 5, next year. The dress code for the event, typically aligned with the exhibit’s theme, will be revealed early next year.
Museum director Max Hollein said the exhibit, which will run for six months, would explore “the importance of sartorial style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,” and would celebrate “the power of style as a democratic tool for rejecting stereotypes and accessing new possibilities.”Hamilton, the Formula 1 star, gave poignant remarks on how fashion became a way of expressing his identity. When he was young, Hamilton said, “I was forced to conform.
From my daily routine down to what I wore. My routine was rigid. And as the only Black kid on the racing track, there was no one like me to look up to.
” Later in life, he said, “I started to express myself more creatively and more specifically, through fashion. Finding my identity in how I dressed. This was a huge positive change.
” “I know the power of representation and how fashion can be a vehicl.