New York (AP) – Pinstripes. All ways. Hats in Gogo. Pants. Dress costumes. Zoot cooking. Cannes. A single cigar (who looks at you Madonna) – and expert demonstrations of sewing. THE Met Gala Crowd, For the most part, made the theme of male fashion Dandy Black Dandy Fier during the biggest fashion festival of the year.
“Those who have done research at the time and were inspired by history makes him modern and theirs. I loved it, ”said Holly Alford, assistant dean and associate professor in the fashion and merchandising program at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.
Among his favorites: Colman Domingo’s tribute to Dandy André Leon Talley icon. It was one of the many who honored the imposing fashion figure, a rare black fashion editor in a largely white industry. And among others in the Odes of Talley, who died in 2022, If Anne Hathaway in a Carolina Herrera dress, which she chose specifically for him.
“We wanted André Leon Talley to look at heaven and Crie“ Glamor ”, “said Hathaway on Vogue Livestream on Monday evening.
Inventive glamorous energy of the night
A glamorous night An inventive to that In the midst of a large white house seat on the programs and protections that serve immigrants, LGBTQ + people and a myriad of others. What has it to do with fashion and theme this year? Everything, in terms of black power, property, heritage and, above all, freedom.
What exactly was the suggested dress code? It was “adapted for you”, inspired by black dandyism in time, the subject of Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Spring Show in his costume institute.
On the blue carpet, a little soggy of the soaked rain, the guests played with the fundamental principles of fashion to make their looks with the help of designers and stylists. And many have honored their inheritances in special touches like the cowry shells on the wrists of the Bonner jacket of Lewis Hamilton’s Wales.
The shells pay tribute to black diasporical culture, spirituality, memory, said Rikki Byrd, assistant professor of studies of visual culture at the University of Texas in Austin and founder of black fashion archives.
Tessa Thompson honored Talley with a fan decorated with his image.
“It is representative of a fan of the church and André Leon Talley often talked about his first fashionable introduction was by his church,” said Byrd.
Teyana Taylor was out of competition for Shantrellere P. Lewis, author of “Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style”. With her cane, in her red velvet cape, “she understood the mission,” said Lewis. Taylor’s Cap of Taylor was sporting his nickname in honor of his lawn at home: “Harlem Rose”. And she, like Swizz Beatz, put on a Durag.
Some disappointed by the way the guests made
Lewis, who was seminal in understanding dandyism, said that the carpet outfit was generally disappointing.
“The lack of color, the lack of African printing, even the absence of African designers. I said:” Where is black dandyism? “” She said. “No clothing risk has been taken.”
Great risks? Maybe. Maybe not. Brandon Tan, fashion director for Cosmopolitan, was satisfied.
“A classic silhouette can be completely reinvented by something as simple as the color and the manufacture of textiles, as seen on Henry Golding,” he said. “Conversely, a very classic gray wool can be completely remixed by the cup and the silhouette like the kilt of Walton Goggins by Thom Browne.”
Who completely missed the boat?
Some simply appeared in relatively routine black tuxedos (Hello James Corden) and questionable towers on the theme (sorry, Halle Berry, but it was a lot of skin in the crotch area).
Variable coagrating tails were a huge trend in the middle of the sea of hats and egs planned before the gala which brought together players from the worlds of sport, entertainment, music, art, literature, politics and more to collect funds for the Institute of Costumes.
The black and white looks worn at night, with enough color touches to keep it interesting.
Colman Domingo and his many fans
Kevin Huynh, Director of Instyle fashion, also praised Domingo, who first wore a huge blue collar with collar collar, then abandoned the cape to reveal a pearly glazed glazing jacket which he wore with dot accessories.
“As an undisputed king of the red carpet, his royal gaze was beyond the theme of the night,” said Huynh. “He fully embodied the minds of the dandies in not one but two looks of Valentino declaration, and he accessed it in terms of non-actual and perfectly fanciful.”
This “fearlessness and individuality,” he said, is what night was.
“After a season of the marathon price season, his revelation of the Red Carpet of the Met Gala was well worth the wait. Since the moment he came out of the draped carlyle in a valentino cape in jewelry tones, it was clear that others arrived,” said Claire Stern Milch, digital director of her.
“And when he finally arrived on the steps, his zoot costume on three personalized three-piece, also designed by Alessandro Michele, was a fun and sophisticated wink on the theme,” she added.
Milch called the Domingo’s oversized pea flower on a setback undoubtedly the highlight. The look, she said, was the “perfect marriage of classical sewing and avant-garde flair”.
Nikki Ogunnaike, editor -in -chief of Marie Claire, noted that the fact of all kinds was not a huge surprise, given the style advice from Anna Wintour de Vogue, who brings the gala together each year.
“My favorites included Ayo Edebiri in Ferragamo, Tracee Ellis Ross in Marc Jacobs, Zendaya and Lisa to Louis Vuitton, Colman Domingo in Valentino and Mindy Kaling in Harbison, who all interpreted dandyism and participation in their own way,” she said.
The athletes proved to be 2025 Met Gala
The athletes, on the other hand, also took the spotlight. Sewing for them is a special job That Tom Marcitelli, designer and stylist of personalized men’s clothing, takes into account all the costumes he creates for the players of the NFL, the NBA and the Major League.
“These guys have these superhero constructions, as I like to say, and they cannot enter any store on Fifth Ave, in Rodeo, anywhere and simply choose a costume on the rack to adapt them,” he said.
Marcitelli said that he appreciated the own form of form of form on the players of the philadelphia eagles Jalen hurts And Saquon Barkley.
“For many athletes to be presented, I think that speaks volumes about the importance of sport for culture, pop culture in America, how influential athletes are,” he said.
Black designers represented
The atmosphere of the night was inspired by the exhibition entitled “Superfine: coudoriner the black style”. It is the first show of the Institute of Costumes to focus exclusively on black designers, and the first in more than 20 years devoted to men’s clothing.
The black creators of tall times and the small brands of color creatives were represented on the carpet. They understood Sergio Hudson, Laquan Smith and Ozwald Boateng, a former Wunderkind of Savile Row.
Others who were not so much
So who are others who exploded it or who have not even tried to run the theme?
Lisa de Blackpink may have traveled the line in her look by Vuitton, a gala sponsor. She became without pants with small faces on black underwear to accompany her matching jacket and her LV logo stockings.
Some on social networks thought that the faces were Rosa Parks. They weren’t, a representative told The Cut, explaining that they were “portraits of figures that were part of the artist’s life”.
ALL RIGHT. So it’s okay. Undes portraits might not be a good idea in general.
As for Corden, the Cup published a video of him in his simple deadly look and viewers launched beards, including one who called him “James Boredon” giving “a total rehearsal party as usual”.
Ouch, James.
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