Why Black Designers Are Wary About the 2025 Met Gala [Video]

When “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” was announced as the theme for next year’s Met Gala, much of the Black community celebrated the history of the Black dandy finally getting mainstream recognition.

Online responses were mostly positive. And with the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour, even tapping some of Hollywood’s most stylish Black men— Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams – to co-chair the 2025 Met Gala, Black folks were relatively happy with the Met’s execution of such a pivotal part in fashion history, but there’s always more to the story.

Many fashion insiders continue to struggle with excitement ahead of the Met Gala for a sole reason: A lack of representation and proper credit within the fashion world. Celebrity fashion stylist and …