Colman Domingo Is the First Afro-Latino to Co-Chair the Met Gala
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The 2025 Met Gala co-chairs have been announced, and once again, a member of our communities is set to headline the event. This time, Colman Domingo is set to co-chair alongside Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Anna Wintour and honorary chair LeBron James. He will be the first Afro-Latino ever to co-chair the event.
The 2025 Met Gala announced its co-chairs just as the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The exhibit draws inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, and “feature garments, paintings, photographs, and more—all exploring the indelible style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th-century through present day.”
Other Latines to chair the Met Gala include Oscar de la Renta in 1994, 2001, and 2014, Paula Cussi in 1998, Carolina Herrera in 2001, Salma Hayek in 2011, Lauren Santo Domingo in 2013, Gisele Bündchen in 2017, Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2022, and JLO and Bad Bunny in 2024.
Domingo is coming off a banner year where he was nominated for an Academy Award for his critically acclaimed role as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin. He also made waves at last year’s Met Gala, with a look that was widely regarded as one of the year’s best. And that was his first time attending. The actor is also set to play Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, in an upcoming biopic about the singer.
The Met Gala is set for May 5, 2025. The dress code will be announced in early 2025, and the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibit will be available at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 6 through October 26.