How traces Ellis Ross prepared for the Gala Met 2025

“We have created a look that perfectly expresses the dandy that lives in me,” explains Tracee Ellis Ross of her declaration during the Met Gala last night.

While everything – from his outfit Marc Jacobs with a dashing fuchsia arc against the daring red lip throwing a boost under his hat by Stephen Jones Rose – was the result of a prudent and intentional preparation. “I collected images and an inspiration everywhere to inform my look,” she explains. The superfine theme: black style tailoring style, based on the book by Monica Miller Fashionable slaves: black dandyism and black diasporical identity styleResonates with it at a deeply personal level. Dressing with the heart, says the actress and founder of the beauty of pattern, came naturally.

The longtime glamorous team of Ellis Ross – perhaps the artist Romy Soleimani and the hairdresser Chuck Amos – assured that every detail of his beauty look corresponded to the vision. “Flamboyant, elegant and happy” are the three words that Soleimani uses to describe the global atmosphere. Inspired by Harlem and the Parisian style of the 70s, she made a daring red lip, fresh skin and doll -shaped eyelashes The focal points of the star makeup. “I coated several false eyelashes with a crazy amount of the L’Oréal Panorama mascara for an exaggerated and exaggerated eyelash, while using the Luma highlighting stick to give the skin a shiny finish.” As for its lip combo, Color Riched Linner Always red and lipstick Riched 315 True Red Made for perfect classic crimson lip.

For Amos, the greatest consideration was the chic hat of Ross, and they finally landed on an elegant braid bun to serve as a strong counterpoint. “Hair is an integral part of the outfit, especially the hat,” explains Amos. “The wave to the brim of this fabulous hat accentuates and completes the small round and braided bun that you will certainly see during the turns of the three -quarter trace head and the angles of profile ”! It is the bridge between the hat and the outfit!”

To create the style, the wet hair of Ross dried Amos with the beauty dryer, stretching its natural curls with its hands. He applied the revitalizing without rinsing and curl the gel before sliding his hair into a low ponytail. After adding more conditioner without rinsing and style cream, he created four braids in a ponytail, twisting them into a mandarin size bread with the neck, staring with small pins.

Finally, he smoothed a layer of styling cream on the smoothed section and refined his root of the hair with the on -board control brush. “I really wanted the general perspective of trace hair to coordinate with the outfit it would wear because” Black Dandy “is to pay attention to the details of the head to toe,” explains Amos. Needless to say, they nailed him.

Below, Ross takes us later behind the scenes of his transformation inspired by Dandy for the Gala puts 2025.

Which excites him most in participation in the Met Gala:
Clothes, clothes, clothes!

His preparing for a pre-deal:
Lymphatic drainage, body scrubs, a fascia facial with Sophie Carbonari and radiofrequency with cryotherapy and microcurent with Haifa jade. And, of course, a typing playlist.

His interpretation of the Gala theme puts 2025:
A large part of the theme of black dandyism of this year is the way I express myself naturally – “resist the invitation” to live, interpret or dress how others could expect me, but rather to shape and shape my identity in my own terms. So, for a few months, I have been collecting images and inspiration from everywhere to inform my look, and I sent SMS to my reflections to Marc. Marc is a genius of the weaving imagination in reality. He is also an artist, and his joyful approach to the proportion, the use of color and passion for detail has created a look which is the perfect expression of the dandy that lives in me.

I adopted a similar approach with my hair and makeup team: Chuck Amos, working with Pattenn Beauty, and Romy Soleimani with L’Oréal, interpreting my inspiration through their artistic talent.

His superior style icons:
Nat King Cole, James Baldwin, André Leon Talley, André 3000, Willi Smith, Samira Nasr, Annie Hall aka Diane Keaton, Katharine Hepburn, Miles Davis, Josephine Baker and still Diane Ross, Aka My Mama. They all embody an impeccable style, glamor, elegance, sophistication, attention to detail and daring self -expression.