The Met Gala, the largest night of the fashion year, is officially here!
In recent years, more and more athletes have received areas of covers to the prestigious annual fundraising, which boasts a list of guests of about 450 high -profile people from technology, sports, art, entertainment and more.
This year, sports are at the forefront of the gala with Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton as a blanket. Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James He was appointed honorary president But he bowed at the last minute due to a knee injury.
The theme of each year is inspired by the museum’s annual spring exhibition. The 2025 exhibition is titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and the accompanying clothing code is “tailor -made for you”. These are tailoring and suitable as interpreted through the history and meaning of black dandyism through the Atlantic diaspora. The 2025 Met Gala is the first to focus exclusively on black designers and the first in more than 20 years to have a men’s clothing theme.
This year, the fundraising gala is hosted by a group of black male celebrities, including Hamilton, music artist and music director Louis Vuitton Pharrell Williams, actor and playwright and playwright of Louis Vuitton Menswear and the rapper named at Grammy and the fashion icon at $ ap Rocky. At the beginning of this year, Met announced that he would revise a host committee for the evening, which includes WNBA AND Sky di Chicago star Angel Reese and Olympic gold medal Sha’carri Richardson and Simone Biles (more her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens).
The 2025 event has already collected $ 31 million from records in support of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, in particular the budget for the care of the museum costume.
Some of the most iconic looks over the years have been worn by the greatest sports stars.
Here are the athletes who hit this year’s carpet:
Stay tuned for updates.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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