As anticipation builds for fashion’s biggest night, Vogue’s May 2025 issue delivers a bold, culture-defining preview of the co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala. Gracing the cover are four icons of influence: Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams, each co-chairing the upcoming gala alongside the legendary Anna Wintour and honorary chair, LeBron James.
This year’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” is a tribute to the timeless elegance and radical expression of Black dandyism, inspired by Monica L. Miller’s seminal 2009 book Slaves to Fashion. With the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Spring 2025 Costume Institute exhibition poised to spotlight centuries of Black men’s style from 18th-century finery to contemporary runway rebellion the appointment of these trailblazers feels as tailored as the garments they celebrate.
Inside the issue, Vogue explores the personal style, cultural impact, and collective power of the 2025 co-chairs, each embodying the sophistication, subversion, and storytelling at the heart of Black fashion. The countdown to the Met Gala has officially begun.
Pharrell Williams
“I always kind of like to bend the rules a little bit,” Williams says, describing his intuitive sense of personal style. “I’m not looking for attention, but I don’t necessarily want to blend in.”
For Vogue’s May 2025 issue, @chiomannadi met Williams in Paris, where the two discussed family, creativity, and Black resiliency, possibility, and power.
Colman Domingo
“I am a Black man who loves style, loves tailoring, and it struck me that I had never seen images like that—of myself, saying, I belong in these clothes,”.
For Vogue May 2025 issue, Colman Domingo discusses the joys of style, tailoring, and becoming a leading man with Marley Marius.
Lewis Hamilton
Despite the pressure to stick to a uniform—suits and team kits only—Hamilton would bring a similar confidence to F1, his style creating yet another means for him to claim space in the sport. “I want to turn up to the track in what I want to wear,” he says. “I’m here now—you can’t get rid of me or change the way I dress.”
For Vogue’s May 2025 issue, celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at the @metcostumeinstitute, Hamilton speaks about dressing up, showing up, and making no apologies.
A$AP Rocky
While some have labeled Rocky a bit of a dandy himself, pointing to his penchant for pearls, kilts, barrettes, furs, and a classic suit, he just calls that getting dressed. “I’m from Harlem, we showed y’all how to do this,” the rapper says.
For the May 2025 issue, this year’s #MetGala co-chair A$AP Rocky brought Leah Faye Cooper (@leahfayec) home to Harlem—and to Soho House, and to a Tyler Mitchell show at Gagosian —where he spoke about his new music, Rihanna, of course, and what his neighborhood taught him about style.
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