The 2025 Met Gala paid homage to a lesser-known element of fashion history. With a nod to menswear, the dress code for this year’s event is “Tailored for You,” while the theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”
The theme coincided with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit of the same name, on view May 10 to Oct. 26 and inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.” The exhibition will explore “the importance of style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,” particularly in the United States and Europe, and interpret “dandyism” as both an aesthetic and a socio-political strategy through garments, art, and other objects from the 18th century to the present.
