by Jeroslyn JoVonn
Might 2, 2025
Pharrell Williams is worked up for the world to see the “energy” of all issues Black at this yr’s Met Gala.
With the 2025 Met Gala simply across the nook, co-chair Pharrell Williams says this yr’s occasion, centered on the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Type,” shall be a full celebration of Black excellence, from tradition to paint.
Williams appeared on The Run-By With Vogue podcast on April 29, the place he teased what the general public can count on from this yr’s Met Gala, scheduled to happen on Might 5.
“It’s going to be a really impactful, stunning night time the place we have fun the colour Black,” the music and vogue mogul stated. “We have fun the issues that come from that colour. We have fun the mentality. We have fun the plight. We have fun the progress and the success. And we have fun the potential.”
This yr’s Met Gala theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Type,” attracts inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s guide Slaves to Vogue: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Id. Williams will co-chair the occasion alongside actor Colman Domingo, System 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, rapper A$AP Rocky, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, and LeBron James, who shall be an honorary co-chair.
Williams, the menswear artistic director for Louis Vuitton, hopes the “energy” behind the theme comes by way of within the images.
“We see it in all totally different types, proper? From authors to architects to artists to teachers and to athletes, all A phrases. However, yeah, that’s what that night time is all about. It’s like the very best of the very best, high of the highest,” he stated.
“That’s what that night time goes to be, the manifestation of utilizing the platform to have fun us and all of our lovers,” Williams added. “Which means people who find themselves not essentially Black, however simply, like, lovers of the Black tradition and lovers of the Black colour and lovers of the whole lot that has one thing to do with Black and Brown.”
The 2025 Met Gala is ready for Might 5 on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, with Teyana Taylor, La La Anthony, and Saturday Night time Dwell’s Ego Nwodim internet hosting Vogue’s fifth annual crimson carpet livestream. The protection kicks off at 6 p.m. ET and can stream throughout Vogue’s digital platforms, together with TikTok and YouTube.
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