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The theme of this year's annual fundraiser, 'Tailored For You,' made it clear that guests were invited to be as creative as possible.
It was one of fashion’s biggest nights, as around 450 high-profile people from tech, sports, art, entertainment and more got together at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for this year’s Met Gala.
The theme of this year’s annual fundraiser, “Tailored For You,” made it clear that guests were invited to be as creative as possible within the framework of classic tailoring.
“Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” was the theme for this year’s spring show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. It was the first Met show to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme.
The Met Gala, held annually on the first Monday in May, is a soirée to raise money for the Costume Institute, the museum’s collection of fashion objects. Each year, a different theme honours a designer, style or look.
It was Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, that inspired this year’s show and led Andrew Bolton, curator of all the blockbuster Costume Institute shows, to bring her in as guest curator. The show uses dandyism as a lens through which to explore the formation of Black style over the years.
“Dandyism was about pushing boundaries,” Miller said.
Behind her, a section of wall was devoted to each of the 12 themes that divide the exhibit: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool and cosmopolitanism.
