The famous MET Gala, who brought together the largest stars in New York every year with the most extravagant attire, at the initiative of Vogue magazine, is celebrated tonight in New York.
Five years later The immense anti -racist wave of the “Black Lives Matter” movementwhich has led many US cultural institutions to rethink their representation of diversities, the gala in May 2025 will also be school for rapper Asap Rocky, actor Colman Domingo and, as every year, the high priestess of fashion and the editor, Chief of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour.
The legend of American basketball, LeBron James, was announced as honorary president. Other personalities such as actress Regina King, singer Janelle Monae, creator Olivier Rousteing or singer Usher are also part of the organizing committee.
Essential events
Black dandyism refers, according to the MET, to a dress style imposed for the first time to slaves in 18th -century Europe, and their reappropriations throughout the history of fashion.
This theme, announced in October, is also that of the great exhibition of the “Costume Institute”, the Department of Textile Arts of the Metropolitan Museum, whose opening traditionally coincides with the Gala, on the first Monday of May of May. The exhibition is titled “Superfine: Black Style Sailoring”. And the night clothing code is “tailored to you” (cut for you). Therefore, the prestigious guests will have to explore and claim this style.
The Met Gala, an essential event for fashion fans, known worldwide for its rise in steps taken by celebrities with extravagant attire from great creators, aims to finance the “costume institute”. According to the New York TimesThe place at dinner cost at 2024 $ 75,000, a complete table of 350,000 and the previous edition reported about $ 22 million.
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