On Monday, May 5, celebrities and artists will showcase their designer outfits at the 2025 Met Gala. This year’s event focuses on “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” giving guests the opportunity to create their own interpretations of the theme.
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00:00Thank you so much for coming. My name is Max Holleyn. I'm the director and CEO of the Met, and it's my pleasure, of course, to welcome you to what is certainly a highly anticipated event, the preview of our Spring Costume Institute exhibition of this year.
00:17Superfine, tailoring black style explores the importance of sartorial style to the formation of black identities in the Atlantic diaspora, and it does that in truly remarkable scale and breadth.
00:36It's a groundbreaking and very timely presentation, highlighting the power of style, the power of style to transform one's identity and challenge existing hierarchies, and while doing that, unlocking new possibilities.
00:55It is a powerful show. It's a complex show. It's also a complex story to tell.
01:02I stand here representing so many generations of men who have liberated themselves in style.
01:09I stand here representing my fellow Met Gala co-chairs, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, LeBron James, and Anna.
01:18Dear Anna, I thank you.
01:20I stand here on the shoulders of Andre Leon Talley, of Bayard Rustin, of Dapper Dan, of Oswald Boateng, of Sidney Poitier, Prince, Harry Belafonte, James Baldwin, and so many others.