Overview

• The 2025 Met Gala features the theme 'Tailored For You,' inspired by the exhibition 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' which explores Black dandyism through history and modernity.
• The exhibition, curated by Monica L. Miller, examines dandyism as a form of resistance, identity, and self-expression, challenging social hierarchies and stereotypes.
• This marks the Costume Institute's first menswear-focused exhibition in over two decades and its first to exclusively showcase Black designers.
• Celebrity stylists and co-chairs, including Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, and Lewis Hamilton, interpret modern Black dandyism on the red carpet, blending elegance with individuality.
• Andrew Bolton describes the exhibition as part of a menswear renaissance, spotlighting the Black dandy as both a cultural concept and a symbol of personal empowerment.