MET 2025 Gala Theme Announced “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”

Photo: A$AP Rocky co-chair @Meta Gala 2025

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that the Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition’s theme will be “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

According to Vogue, “Drawing inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, the exhibit will feature garments, paintings, photographs, and more—all exploring the indelible style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th century through present day. (Miller will also serve as a guest curator for the show, with Costume Institute Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton.)”

The co-chairs include A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo. and honorary chair LeBron James.

Photo: Lewis Hamilton co-chair @Meta Gala 2025

In an Instagram post co-chair Lewis Hamilton said, “I’m beyond honored to be one of the co-chairs for next year’s Met Gala, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” This theme speaks to me deeply. When I started my career I never imagined what I might be capable of beyond my sport. The pressure to conform holds so many people back. Growing up as the only Black kid on the track, so often that pressure got to me. Expressing myself creatively was and still is my freedom from that conformity. For Black people across the diaspora, fashion is self-preservation. Fashion is resilience, and I can’t wait to further explore and amplify our underrepresented voices. Thank you to the @metcostumeinstitute for the platform to uplift Black creatives on this scale.”

Known as the most popular fashion red carpet, the fundraiser event occurs annually at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on the first Monday in May.