Met Gala 2025: Black Dandyism's cultural code as a mirror of history and identity

Against a backdrop of proud daffodils, as if specially grown by Anna Wintour in a hothouse of metaphors and symbolism, the Met Gala 2025 red carpet turned into a catwalk of bold self-expression. 

Some duos happen so naturally that you want to say, “Finally!” The Kaia Gerber and Mango collaboration feels like it was written on the silk hem of the future a long time ago. A fashion brand with a Spanish soul and an American muse of generation Z have intertwined in a light dance of meaning and aesthetics. And fashion in their performance is not just “what to wear”, it is why exactly this and exactly now.

Roo Saintine captured by Matallana

The Met Gala 2025 has become a true intellectual provocation. The exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style sets a large-scale framework for thinking about how history, identity, and social transformation can be read through clothing. Although the very concept of “dandyism” seems at first glance to be an aesthetic gesture - an emphasis on sophistication and style - in the context of this exhibition it is revealed as a mode of cultural resistance and self-realization in the face of pressure, stereotypes and historical trauma.

For the first time in the history of the House, Haute Jewelry has its own muse, and she is none other than Charlize Theron - a woman who has long shone in the Dior constellation.

Power Suits

In Rooted Grace, Anna Hiltrop moves with quiet confidence through moments of stillness and strength. Captured by Peter Müller, this editorial explores the elegance that lies in authenticity, the power of presence, and the deep beauty of being grounded—within nature, and within oneself.

There are exhibitions where objects just stand. And there are those where they speak. Supersonic Mediaeval is just such an exhibition. Here things breathe, whisper and shine, all under the delicate curatorship of Tilda Swinton, whose name itself has long been synonymous with the high poetry of contemporary art.