Met Gala 2025: "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" - Topic of the day 5/6/25
With the Met Gala for 2025 come and gone, what are your thoughts on the event? How do you feel about the theme of the exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style"? Who had your favorite and least favorite looks? What ideas or inspiration can you take away from the event?
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"[the rosa parks underpants worn by lisa] are unimpeachably bad AND tasteless AND i judge anyone who likes them harshly"
anyway
i responded well to the theme which will surprise few people but the discourse about it was...interesting; a lot of commentary on theme as veiled racism and some commentary on theme as veiled criticism of menswear/tailoring being boring
GOATS
good fits true to theme
good fits that fit the spirit of the theme imo
kinda edwardian, kinda prince energy, i dig it
members of the Ross family
i hate hate hate to say this because dapper dan is the embodiment of the theme in general but this is a miss :pipsad:
i have a visceral hatred of this
this is not good but i appreciate him swinging for the fences, if that makes sense
this is bad in the context of him being a chair of the gala, someone who would be assumed to get the theme easily, and the cd of a luxury design house but the jacket is sick
anyway the carpet was goodish (lv drug it down) but I look forward to seeing the actual exhibit
rockys umbrella took it to goat status for me
revolver handle umbrella after beating a gun charge is crazy
Can you elaborate on this commentary
to me i found their other pearl stuff (like this coat) cooler than his blazer
the pearls just dont read that well to me
maybe irl its diff though
Silencer on the end too
This is only the second year I truly follow the MET and I also don't have enough knowledge about the theme to articulate meaningful thoughts on it or on how everyone has been following it, what I'll say is that significantly more outfits spoke to me and inspired me this year than last year 😄 And some beautiful colors
ICYMI, Complex posted a good hour-panel on the topic including history of the theme, significant figures of the style and production in the last 50-100 years.
With Dapper Dan, June Ambrose (designed the wardrobe in 90s Hip Hop) and Ali Richmond (of Fashion For All, a DEI nonprofit).
https://youtu.be/zs8TsvuHajU?si=3YgcUnaNh92tgNMl
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Black Dandy Explained: Met Gala 2025's Bold Theme | PLEASE EXPLAIN
What is a Black dandy? Who is (and isn’t) a Black dandy? Who will the Costume Institute forget? Dapper Dan, June Ambrose, and Ali Richmond will explore these questions and more in this episode of Please Explain. And host Aria Hughes will break down why a met gala ticket costs $75,000 in the fashion $ense segment.
"Please Explain Hosted by Ari...
gonna listen to that while doing my cooking 😄
There are images of the ppl they mention tho! FYI 🙂
gotcha
got the laptop near me anyways it's a 1 room studio :blushcatto:
Edit: ty this was a really interesting one 🙂 didnt know about the connections with hip hop
(my food was good too :letsfuckinggo: )
lot of takes on twitter/lamer parts of Reddit beforehand either decreeing the theme as racist or appeasing to the woke left or mid because there's comparatively less spectacle than stuff like Heavenly Bodies
the lack of color was a missed opportunity (and lack of black designers in general) but those both come to bad/bland interpretations on the theme imo
That's always a missed opportunity. Shouldn't just be met gala, but any event!
Must have missed Anok Yai day of but this was a favorite as well
Crazy this flew under the radar
Pure coincidence. I had mentioned the small Museum of Contemporary photography that had a show on Dandyism many years ago. One of the exhibiting photographers, Iké Udé, shot one of the Vogue covers with Colman Domingo. So happy to see this step for the artist.
Took some pics of the show if anyone is interested. The curation was great. I wish Torkwase Dysons structures allowed a little more close viewing of the garments, but I think they had to structure it that way to deal with crowds.
Ike Ude is super nice, my wife knew him when he showed at Stux.
Glad to hear that!
How long did you have to wait to see it? Or did you get invited to preview?
Supposed to go with a classmate this weekend before she leaves for the summer, wondering how fucked it’s going to be
They did timed tickets for members yesterday—so nothing exclusive (membership is like $10 a month)—and there was a good crowd, but they kept things moving pretty briskly. The weekend will be crowded in general, especially since lots of folks are in town for the art fairs.
I'd snag a timed ticket online before the weekend if I were you.
I saw Heavenly Bodies (2018) on a weekday and it was great. Not sure if I have it in me for the weekend crowd now.
Gotta be honest the Rihanna fit was a miss for me which seems to be the minority opinion. Would love to hear some reasoning from people why it was good, i feel like i’m missing something
The lack of color was an absolute missed opportunity.
I loved the nods to African fashion in some of the outfits. I wish someone had shown up in full Congolese sapeur attire, I think there’s a lot of overlap with the theme.
A lot of the white attendees just refused to engage with the theme at all, and it showed. They could have worn those outfits anywhere. I was disappointed but not surprised.
Overall, I knew I’d love this theme and I really did. Such joy, such celebration, such dandyism!
Also, Bad Bunny’s outfit absolutely slayed.
They played it safe fr. Silver lining: they didn't take the spotlight.
one site pointed out this is one of the few themes where white women were "disadvantaged" in terms of being on-theme without lapsing into cosplay or appropriation
then i heard the actual "theme" was 'tailored for/to you' (explaining stuff like rosalia's dress form dress) and yeah idk be more creative hollyweird
semirelated but i gotta applaud the attempt by demi moore now that i realize it's a giant necktie
I didn't realize!