Colman Domingo Co-Chairs 2025 Met Gala Celebrating Black Fashion

Colman Domingo, following a landmark year including his first Oscar nomination, served as a co-chair for the 2025 Met Gala, joining A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams, Anna Wintour, and honorary co-chair LeBron James (Variety, InStyle, Town & Country). The event's theme, 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' drew inspiration from Monica L. Miller's book on Black dandyism and was the first Met Gala in over 20 years to focus predominantly on menswear (InStyle, Town & Country, USA Today). Domingo collaborated with his longtime stylists and Valentino's Alessandro Michele to create a regal blue ensemble that paid homage to the history of the Moors and the Harlem Renaissance, featuring rich detailing, a pleated cape, and Boucheron jewelry (Variety, InStyle, Harper's Bazaar). The Costume Institute's exhibit, curated by Andrew Bolton and Monica L. Miller, traced three centuries of Black style through multicultural influences, with Domingo expressing how meaningful it was to see representations of Black elegance in fashion history (USA Today, Harper's Bazaar). Domingo emphasized his personal connections to fashion through family and cited the creative influence of Black individuals on global style trends. The night's focus celebrated both historical and contemporary innovators in Black fashion, with Domingo helping to curate and embody this vision on the Met steps (USA Today, Harper's Bazaar).