Singer and designer Pharrell Williams is among the co-chairs of New York's next Met Gala , which will wade into race relations in the context of fashion, the museum announced Wednesday. Rapper ASAP Rocky , actor and playwright Colman Domingo and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton will co-chair fashion's marquee event overseen by Anna Wintour , the editor-in-chief of Vogue. Basketball legend LeBron James will serve as honorary chair.
The blockbuster night and its corresponding museum exhibit at the Met's Costume Institute will come five years after the enormous anti-racist uprising of the Black Lives Matter movement, which pushed a number of cultural institutions in the United States to grapple with their representation of race and diversity. The Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition is entitled "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" and will focus on the style of Black men within the context of Black dandyism 's complicated history. It's a show and theme inspired by guest curator Monica Miller's book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
" Dandyism was a style imposed on Black men in 18th century Europe, says the Met, when well-dressed "dandified" servants became a trend. The concept also developed throughout history and the diaspora into a means for Black men to use style as a means of creativity, expression and identity establishment. Speaking at the announcement of the exhibit and theme on Wednesday, Williams -- the creative directo.
