On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City hosted the annual Met Gala, marking the opening of the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." This year’s gala, presented with major support from Louis Vuitton, brought together artists, designers, cultural leaders, and celebrities in a celebration of fashion as both a form of personal expression and a cultural history.

Drawing inspiration from scholar Monica L. Miller’s seminal 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, the exhibition explores Black dandyism as a radical and creative form of self-styling.

The show is organized into 12 thematic sections: Ownership,…