O n May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers ...

Met Gala was inspired by menswear and Black dandyism. The latter style is a crucial part of Black culture and empowerment.

The 2025 Met Gala theme celebrates the Costume Institute ... a pivotal time for Black dandyism. The zoot suit was later adopted by Mexican American and Filipino American men in Los Angeles ...

Behind the scenes at the Costume ... a custom suit in gray and burgundy windowpane plaid made for the influential fashion editor André Leon Talley — one of the most visible Black men in 20th ...

The biggest names in Hollywood, music, sports and fashion shone at the Met Gala 2025, spotlighting the subversive style of Black dandyism.

The voluminous zoot suit was an innovation of ... in environments that could be hostile to Black men. In conversations with Professor Miller and the Costume Institute curatorial team in ...