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Next Met Gala chairs: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James

This combination of photos show A$AP Rocky, from left, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, LeBron James and Pharrell Williams, who will serve as co-chairs for the next Met Gala. (AP Photo) This combination of photos show A$AP Rocky, from left, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, LeBron James and Pharrell Williams, who will serve as co-chairs for the next Met Gala. (AP Photo)
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The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James will help the museum launch an exhibit examining Black style in menswear over the centuries.

Williams and Hamilton were on hand Wednesday morning to help officials at the Metropolitan Museum of Art announce 鈥淪uperfine: Tailoring Black Style,鈥 the spring exhibit that will be launched by the Met Gala on May 5. A precise dress code for the star-studded gala 鈥 tailored specifically to the exhibit's theme 鈥 will be announced early next year.

And this one's for the guys: It's the first fashion exhibit at the Met in over 20 years to focus exclusively on menswear, which explains the almost all-male slate of hosts. (Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who oversees the gala each year, rounds out the list of co-chairs.)

Hamilton, the Formula 1 star, gave poignant remarks on how fashion became a way of expressing his identity.

When he was young, Hamilton said, 鈥淚 was forced to conform. From my daily routine down to what I wore. My routine was rigid. And as the only Black kid on the racing track, there was no one like me to look up to.鈥

Later in life, he said, "I started to express myself more creatively and more specifically, through fashion. Finding my identity in how I dressed. This was a huge positive change."

鈥淚 know the power of representation and how fashion can be a vehicle to help push diversity forward and celebrate our differences,鈥 Hamilton added. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to celebrate Black history ... and to show that inclusion and creativity go hand in hand.

Museum director and CEO Max Hollein said the exhibit, which will run for six months 鈥 more than previous Met fashion exhibits 鈥 would explore 鈥渢he importance of sartorial style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,鈥 and would celebrate 鈥渢he power of style as a democratic tool for rejecting stereotypes and accessing new possibilities.鈥 He noted it was inspired by a book, 鈥淪laves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity鈥 by Monica L. Miller (a Barnard professor and guest curator of the show).

Williams, who among his many pursuits is menswear creative director for Louis Vuitton, began by paying homage to the artists responsible for the pyramids in Egypt, and spoke broadly of the power of art.

鈥淭o me art is an expression of our humanity. It鈥檚 where we store our history, it's how we tell our stories, and the literal manifestation of our dreams," Williams said during the theme announcement.

鈥淲e are the survivors of what is perhaps the most intense hardships, trials and tribulations to ever bedevil a group of human beings, and not only did we survive, we carried the music, the culture, the beauty and the universal language across an ocean...鈥 Williams added. 鈥淲e gave it all back to the world and we continue to and that is what the Met Gala will celebrate 鈥 us, our gift, our history, our food, our resilience, our beauty, our style and our strength, our authorship."

Andrew Bolton, chief curator at the Met's Costume Institute. noted that in the last few years menswear has been undergoing a renaissance.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 thanks in no small part to men of style like Lewis (Hamilton) and his fellow co-chairs, men who aren鈥檛 afraid to take risks when it comes to their self-presentation,鈥 Bolton said. He added that Williams was among a group of talented Black designers that represent 鈥渁 flowering of Black creativity in fashion that were very proud to highlight in this exhibition.鈥

Miller, the author and guest curator, noted that back in the 1780s, 鈥渄andies鈥 were often defined as 鈥渕en who paid distinct and sometimes excessive attention to dress.

鈥淗istorical definitions of dandyism range from absolute precision in dress and tailoring to flamboyance and fabulousness," Miller said. The show will focus specifically on Black dandyism and its various manifestations.

The Met Gala red carpet is always one of the biggest pop culture spectacles of the year with stars like Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Billy Porter and Rihanna wearing outfits tailored to the night鈥檚 theme. It is also a huge fundraiser: Last year's gala raised more than $26 million, a record and an enormous sum for such an event.

鈥淪uperfine: Tailoring Black Style" will be open to the public from May 10 to October 26, 2025.

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