The most anticipated carpet in the fashion world was deployed on Monday through the steps of the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York. From 5:00 pm (Colombia time), The Met Gala 2025 He took the pulse of global fashion under an issue that honored history, art and identity: “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, translated as “superfine: the art of tailoring in black dandism.”
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This edition of the charity event, which Collecting funds for the Costume Institute of Metit was a tribute to the style and elegance of the black dandi. The reason comes from a 2009 book from the professor of African studies by Barnard College (part of the University of Columbia) and guest curator of the collection, Mónica Miller, who explained The ‘Black Dandism’ as an act of rejection: “A rejection of fitting or even accepting given or typical identity categories.”
As a curious fact it should be noted that the met gala raised a record of 31 million dollars, money that comes from attendees, a list of 400 celebrities who paid about $ 75,000 per entrance (about $ 319 million). This year the gala takes place at a time of political tension in which the president, Donald Trump, is dismantling the diversity initiatives in his anti ‘woke’ crusade (‘Progre’).
The Barranquillera Shakira singer -songwriter In his second appearance in the Met Gala, he wore A pink strapless dress with a couple of cut off on the transparent front. The exclusive piece of designer Prabal Gurung It was very tight to the body and in the hip part two pieces with volume and a tail of more than 7 meters are detached.
Meanwhile alone Rihanna He could give the news of his new pregnancy within the framework of the Met Gala, as he did on previous occasions. This is his third child, Fruit of its relationship with $ Ap Rocky.
Lewis Hamilton It was cataloged as one of the most elegant, by using a look that pays tribute to Harlem’s rebirth and is also a tribute to his own identity.
Among the hosts of the night were emblematic figures such as Actor Colman Domingoformula pilot 1 Lewis Hamilton, The rapper to $ Ap Rocky, The musician and producer Pharrell Williams, who wore a jacket made with 15 thousand pearls and the legendary editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour.
One of the aspects that most caught attention is that the black color and the classic smoking was not used by men.
At the beginning of the staircase, an African -American choir performed ‘Ain’t no Mountain High Enough’, In order to give way to all the stars that tasty posed at the lenses.
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As is tradition, the guest list was as exclusive as diverse. Stars like Rihanna, Zendaya, Dua Lipa, Katty Perry, Simone Biles, Bad Bunny, Lewis Hamilton, among others they made their appearance in costumes that went beyond luxury.
The renowned singer Dua Lipa For example, he evoked the glamor of dandism with his hairstyle and Chanel dressed. While Bad Bunny appeared with a Prada look and a hat that emulates the shape of the emblematic Puerto Rican turkey used by the jíbaros, the name with which Puerto Rican peasants are known. This hat used it for the cover of his most recent album ‘I had to throw more photos’.
