Pharrell Says This Year’s ‘Tailored for You’ Met Gala Theme Will be…

It’s time to put on your Sunday best. Met Gala Monday is just around the corner, and Pharrell Williams, one of this year’s co-chairs, says its’s going to be a night of celebration.

In a sit-down interview with the Run-Through With Vogue Podcast, the multi-hyphenate artist says this year’s event is all about celebrating the “color Black.”

“It’s going to be a very impactful,” he said. “We celebrate the things that come from that color. We celebrate the mentality. We celebrate the plight. We celebrate the progress and the success. We celebrate the potential.”

The event takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is tied to the Costume Institute’s Spring 2025 exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The actual dress code for gala is “Tailored for You.” Loads of attendees are expected to pay tribute to Black designers, culture, and “Dandyism,” as the exhibition is based on Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

Pharrell said the night is also about bringing everyone who appreciates Black style together.

“That means people who are not necessarily Black, but are just like enthusiasts of the Black culture, enthusiasts of the Black color, enthusiasts of the everything that has something to do with Black and brown,” he said.

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Pharrell reiterated the same points in his cover story for Vogue’s The Met Issue in April.

“I want it to feel like the most epic night of power, a reflection of Black resiliency in a world that continues to be colonized, by which I mean policies and legislation that are nothing short of that,” he said.

“That’s why it’s so important to me to have successful Black and brown people of every stripe in the room: not just athletes and actors and actresses, entertainers, but also authors, architects, folks from the fintech world. We’ve got to invest in each other. We’ve got to connect with each other, because it’s going to take everybody to coalesce the force of Black and brown genius into one strong, reliable force. It’s our turn.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Pharrell expressed gratitude about being able to wear different creative hats throughout his career.

“I am so honored,” he said. “I’m so honored that I get to do what I actually really love, and I want this for everyone. There’s so many people who make so much more money, but they hate their lives. It’s like, what’s the point?”

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