The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James will help the museum launch an exhibit examining Black style in menswear over the centuries.<\/p>\n
Williams and Hamilton were on hand Wednesday morning to help officials at the Metropolitan Museum of Art announce \u201cSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style,\u201d the spring exhibit that will be launched by the Met Gala on May 5.<\/p>\n
A precise dress code for the star-studded gala \u2014 tailored specifically to the exhibit\u2019s theme \u2014 will be announced early next year.<\/p>\n
And this one\u2019s for the guys: It\u2019s the first fashion exhibit at the Met in over 20 years to focus exclusively on menswear, which explains the almost all-male slate of hosts.<\/p>\n
(Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who oversees the gala each year, rounds out the list of co-chairs.)<\/p>\n
Hamilton, the Formula 1 star, gave poignant remarks on how fashion became a way of expressing his identity.<\/p>\n
When he was young, Hamilton said, \u201cI was forced to conform.<\/p>\n
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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later in life, he said, \u201cI started to express myself more creatively and more specifically, through fashion.<\/p>\n
Finding my identity in how I dressed. This was a huge positive change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the power of representation and how fashion can be a vehicle to help push diversity forward and celebrate our differences,\u201d Hamilton added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited to celebrate Black history \u2026 and to show that inclusion and creativity go hand in hand.<\/p>\n
Museum director and CEO Max Hollein said the exhibit, which will run for six months \u2014 more than previous Met fashion exhibits \u2014 would explore \u201cthe importance of sartorial style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,\u201d and would celebrate \u201cthe power of style as a democratic tool for rejecting stereotypes and accessing new possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted it was inspired by a book, \u201cSlaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity\u201d by Monica L. Miller (a Barnard professor and guest curator of the show).<\/p>\n
Williams who among his many pursuits is menswear creative director for Louis Vuitton, began by paying homage to the artists responsible for the pyramids in Egypt, and spoke broadly of the power of art.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me art is an expression of our humanity. It\u2019s where we store our history, it\u2019s how we tell our stories, and the literal manifestation of our dreams,\u201d Williams said during the theme announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are the survivors of what is perhaps the most intense hardships, trials and tribulations to ever bedevil a group of human beings, and not only did we survive, we carried the music, the culture, the beauty and the universal language across an ocean\u2026\u201d Williams added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe gave it all back to the world and we continue to and that is what the Met Gala will celebrate \u2014 us, our gift, our history, our food, our resilience, our beauty, our style and our strength, our authorship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew Bolton, chief curator at the Met\u2019s Costume Institute noted that in the last few years menswear has been undergoing a renaissance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s thanks in no small part to men of style like Lewis (Hamilton) and his fellow co-chairs, men who aren\u2019t afraid to take risks when it comes to their self-presentation,\u201d Bolton said.<\/p>\n
He added that Williams was among a group of talented Black designers that represent \u201ca flowering of Black creativity in fashion that were very proud to highlight in this exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller, the author and guest curator, noted that back in the 1780s, \u201cdandies\u201d were often defined as \u201cmen who paid distinct and sometimes excessive attention to dress.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistorical definitions of dandyism range from absolute precision in dress and tailoring to flamboyance and fabulousness,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
The show will focus specifically on Black dandyism and its various manifestations.<\/p>\n
The Met Gala red carpet is always one of the biggest pop culture spectacles of the year with stars like Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Billy Porter and Rihanna wearing outfits tailored to the night\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n
It is also a huge fundraiser: Last year\u2019s gala raised more than $26 million, a record and an enormous sum for such an event.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style\u201d will be open to the public from May 10 to October 26, 2025.<\/p>\n
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