GALLERY: Met Gala celebrates Black style for the first time in spectacular fashion

Black style with grace and grit – The Mail & Guardian

On the first Monday of May, under the twilight skies of Manhattan, the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art once again transformed into a runway of reverence, spectacle and unapologetic self-expression. But 2025’s Met Gala was more than a fashion event — it was an offering. An ode. A quiet, rhythmic drumming of history, heritage and healing stitched together with every dart, hemline and satin lapel. This year’s theme, Superfine: Tailoring Bla…

Gallery: These 14 Black Designers Showed Up At The 2025 Met Gala—And Brought Culture With Them

Source: Udo Salters / Getty This year’s Met Gala leaned heavily into the legacy of tailoring, Harlem elegance, and Black cultural influence. Given the theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, we expected to see several Black designers we love. And while attendees showed up wearing nods to the past – and modern interpretations – only a few looks were crafted by Black designers. Still, when they showed up, they showed out. From bold structure to s…

Fine & dandy: Black style is bigger than the Met - The Boston Globe

Why it means so much to honor Black style at the Met.

GALLERY: Met Gala celebrates Black style for the first time in spectacular fashion

The show is an exploration of Black menswear from the 18th century onward, with dandyism as a unifying theme.

The 2025 Met Gala Raised $31 Million—The Most in its History, with Black Fashion Center Stage - Free Press of Jacksonville

By HANIYAH PHILOGENE | This year, Black culture didn’t just take center stage at the 2025 Met Gala — it made history. The gala, also known as the biggest night in fashion, always serves as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, specifically for The Costume Institute which preserves more than thirty-three thousand objects that “represent seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteent…

Elegance with Intent: The Met Gala Honors Black Dandyism in a Night of Style and Subversion

New York City — It’s the first Monday in May, and that means only one thing in the world of haute couture: the Met Gala, fashion’s most dazzling and scrutinized evening, has once again taken over Manhattan. This year’s theme, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” pivots its spotlight toward a distinctly sharp and historical lens — Black Dandyism, a stylistic and cultural movement long rooted in resistance, elegance, and identity. At the core…