The Met Gala announces 2025 theme and co-chairs, including Lewis Hamilton
Pharrell Williams (left) and Lewis Hamilton (right) are amongst the co-chairs picked by Anna Wintour.
We've looked camp right in the eye, explored the heavenly bodies of the Catholic aesthetic, and visited the Garden of Time.
The first Monday in May is the biggest night on the fashion calendar; an exclusive and lavish haute couture fundraiser thrown by Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
And as celebrities descend upon the steps of The Met, it gives the rest of us mere mortals the chance to play the ultimate game of toot or boot.
We've seen it all: Doja Cat as a, well, cat; Jarod Leto holding a replica of his own head in his hands; Gaga's 16-minute four-in-one ensemble; and everything from the iconic Zendaya x Law Roach collaboration.
Today, the Costume Institute at the Met announced next year's exhibit and thus next year's theme, as well as the co-chairs.
Here is everything we know.
What is the 2025 Met Gala theme?
The 2025 Met Gala theme is "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", in line with the Costume Institute's spring exhibition of the same name.
The theme is inspired by Monica L Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
The theme will explore the history of Black dandyism.
The exhibition will "present a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy", according to a statement from the Met.
"Fashion and dress have been used in a contest of power and aesthetics for Black people from the time of enslavement to the present," Miller said in a video statement posted by the Met.
"Dandyism has long served as a vehicle through which one can manipulate the relationship between clothing, identity and power."
"The history of Black dandyism illustrates how Black people have transformed from being enslaved and stylised as luxury items, acquired like any other signifier of wealth and status, to autonomous, self-fashioning individuals who are global trendsetters," she added.
Sydney-based model Samuel Barrie commended the Met Gala for exploring the "rich history of the sartorial traditions" that "has and continues to shape mens fashion".
"As a Black male model who crosses traditional conventions on what's ideally masculine or feminine in the conventional sense, it's liberating to feel seen, heard and valued," he said.
The artist, model and actor said his heart was "full of joy" to know that menswear would be on display, especially pulling from the African diaspora.
Samuel Barrie is excited to see all the potential looks and moments next year.
"The Black man gets a space to assert their identities in fashion," he said.
He said he hoped attendees embraced and leaned into the themes for the night.
"I believe there's a cloudy line between embracing and respecting the culture, compared to appropriating without understanding the importance of the history," he said.
Theme marks 20 years since last focus on menswear
The theme also marks the first time in 20 years that the Met Gala has focused exclusively on menswear (the last being 2003's "Bravehearts: Men in Skirts" gala).
Curator in charge at the Costume Institute Andrew Bolton said menswear had undergone "somewhat of a renaissance" in the last few years.
"At the vanguard of this revitalisation is a group of extremely talented Black designers who are constantly challenging normative categories of identity," he said.
"While their styles are both singular and distinctive, what unites them is a reliance on various tropes that are rooted in the tradition of dandyism, and specifically Black dandyism".
And with that, here's the slate of hosts, which may now make sense …
Who is co-hosting the 2025 Met Gala?
Every year Anna Wintour carefully selects a group of celebrities to serve as co-chairs and help to launch the museum exhibition.
This time that honour has been handed to Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James.
F1 star Lewis Hamilton says he is excited to show that "inclusion and creativity go hand in hand".
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Hamilton said he developed his own style later in life, after years of being "forced to conform".
"As the only Black kid on the racing track, there was no-one like me to look up to," he said.
"I know the power of representation and how fashion can be a vehicle to help push diversity forward and celebrate our differences.
"I'm excited to celebrate Black history."
When will the Met Gala take place?
The first Monday in May, duh.
That means next year it will fall on May 5, 2025.
And with that, we wait.
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