The Met gala arrive! And with her many of our looks of the night. The celebration of the Institute of Dress and the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York was held this December 5.
Through the fashion, Rihanna announced his third pregnancy With the rapper and coanfrerion of the night, Asap Rocky. The fitted outfit wore his belly in a political act that claims gestation as a stage of choice and not submissionfollowing the theme of Dandisman aesthetic and political movement that arose after the period of slavery in the United States to claim them wishes and aspirations of the African -American community.
Rihanna It was not the only person who challenged the aesthetic fee at night, because celebrating the contributions of the African -American community in the industry of the fashion It implies knowing the history of the violated communities, that is why we tell you a little of the story behind each set and how clothes continue to be a form of representation, struggle and resistance.
Rihanna and Motherhood in Met
Women continue to break paradigms, this time in the field of maternity desired and its relationship with fashion. Rihanna He is not afraid to teach his pregnancyOn the contrary, she is a woman who claims her empowerment at each stage of her life.
From your first pregnancy In 2022, the singer of Barbados and owner and businesswoman of the cosmetics brand, Fenty Beautyit has been a precedent for pregnant women who want to continue exploring and reaffirming their essence through the fashion.
Clothing speaks, it is a political act and Rihanna It reaffirms it. In the collective imaginary, women who choose the maternity They become beings without desires, asexuated and without objectives outside the maternitythis notion is associated with a conservative appearance, covered and almost shame.
In each pregnant Rihanna has not stopped serving looks daring and empowered it, from miniskirts, heels, crop tops, vibrant makeup and the exposed belly. This decision is revolutionary, because the maternity It is also free, autonomous and bold, because sexy clothes are transgressive, especially in non -hegemonic bodies.
At the MET ceremony and without censorship, Rihanna He revealed his third pregnancy Dressed in a tailor suit with a gray tones skirt and a Marc Jacobs brand hat, demonstrating once again than the maternity It is not in conflict with personality and identity, thus becoming a reference in the fashion In the stage of pregnancy.
Against aesthetic narratives in fashion: the best looks of the night
While the fashion It is, to a greater or lesser extent, an industry controlled by the hegemony of the West, the theme of the night “Superfino: black style tailoring” is a sample of how representations Aesthetics They are a vehicle to communicate and dialogue with the voices in power.
Teyana Taylor
Qualified by many as the best dressed person in the night, the actress and singer, Tayana Taylor led to Dandism at another level and showed that women are revolutionary in the industry of the fashion. Taylor wore a maple suit of the Marc Jacobs brand in red and black colors that accompanied with the typical dandy accessories. Large chains and rings, pearls, a Draag In the head, a kind of paliacate used during slavery to cover the hair, and a huge and elegant hat on top.
Diana Ross
After twenty -two years, the singer Diana Ross He returned to the catwalk Met gala This 2025 with a dress. Ross did not attend the event since 2003, however, and despite being on tour, this year he surprised the public wearing an attire co-designated by his son, Evan Ross, along with the Nigerian designer Ugo Mozie.
Jodie Turner-Smith
The British actress and protagonist of the Ana Bolena series, used a look of Burberry Inspired by the 1891 portrait taken by photographer Paul Swimming from the first black rider in France, Selika Lazevski, who lived during the nineteenth century, in the era of the Belle Époque.
Goldberg Whoopi
In her second gala, the actress Goldberg Whoopi He used a buttoned dress to the height of the feet made to measure by the brand Thom Browne. The piece was accompanied by a white coat made with more than 350 thousand sequins, a key element of the Dandism.
Doechii
The rapper and third winner of Grammy for the best rap album in the history of the awards has been characterized by using tailor and reinterpretation costumes to measure during their presentations. During the party prior to the ceremony of the Met gala, Doechii He paid tribute to African -American journalist André Leon Talley in a set of Louis Vuittonbrand that repeated during the night.
During the red carpet, Doechii He used a white sack with a couple of Bermudas that accompanied with his natural Afro hair.
Coleman Domingo
“God created black people, and black people created the style,” said the actor and director Coleman Domingo citing the writer George C. Wolfe during an interview on the carpet of the Met gala. The actor also paid tribute to the journalist and editor of Vogue magazine, André Leon Talley, because he wore a vibrant blue cap with silver sequins with a suitable suit made by the measure Valentino.
Maluma and Willy Chavarría
The singer Maluma and the Mexican origin designer represented the Latin community in the Met gala With all the style of Zoot Suits. This type of aesthetics emerged in 1940 among young Latinos known as Chicanos and Pachucos. The history of Zoot Suit It is intertwined with the protest, because in 1943 attacks were raised by the US police against the Mexican community that used the suit.
Maluma and Willy Chavarría pay tribute to their roots through Zoot Suits cOmbined in a vibrant green and pink.
