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Yeah, so anyway, it's all for the fashion exhibit that's opening at the Met, and the Met Gala is always the first Monday of May. So if you ever heard that saying, that's when the Met Gala is. So getting into the theme of this year's exhibition, which by the way, we tried to be a little bit on theme. We're not so much on theme. We're wearing black tailored suits. Well, you know, it's not.
Yeah, so anyway, it's all for the fashion exhibit that's opening at the Met, and the Met Gala is always the first Monday of May. So if you ever heard that saying, that's when the Met Gala is. So getting into the theme of this year's exhibition, which by the way, we tried to be a little bit on theme. We're not so much on theme. We're wearing black tailored suits. Well, you know, it's not.
Yeah, so anyway, it's all for the fashion exhibit that's opening at the Met, and the Met Gala is always the first Monday of May. So if you ever heard that saying, that's when the Met Gala is. So getting into the theme of this year's exhibition, which by the way, we tried to be a little bit on theme. We're not so much on theme. We're wearing black tailored suits. Well, you know, it's not.
Oh, here's the dog. She's joining us. She's coming to the gala. So for those... Okay, let's let her calm down for a second while everyone watches. Okay, she had a fun time out there. Did you see any celebrities in front of the Met?
Oh, here's the dog. She's joining us. She's coming to the gala. So for those... Okay, let's let her calm down for a second while everyone watches. Okay, she had a fun time out there. Did you see any celebrities in front of the Met?
Oh, here's the dog. She's joining us. She's coming to the gala. So for those... Okay, let's let her calm down for a second while everyone watches. Okay, she had a fun time out there. Did you see any celebrities in front of the Met?
Yeah, he looks insane.
Yeah, he looks insane.
Yeah, he looks insane.
Yeah. Okay, so the theme this year, super fine, tailoring black style. It's all about the style of the modern black dandy. So it's inspired by Monica L. Miller's book, which was called Slaves to Fashion, Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
Yeah. Okay, so the theme this year, super fine, tailoring black style. It's all about the style of the modern black dandy. So it's inspired by Monica L. Miller's book, which was called Slaves to Fashion, Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
Yeah. Okay, so the theme this year, super fine, tailoring black style. It's all about the style of the modern black dandy. So it's inspired by Monica L. Miller's book, which was called Slaves to Fashion, Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
So it's all about the importance of style and suiting and all the formation of black identities from the Harlem Renaissance to the global impact of black designers today. So... Dandyism, I did some research, by the way. So I'm not going in totally blind. I want to help you guys a little bit out here.
So it's all about the importance of style and suiting and all the formation of black identities from the Harlem Renaissance to the global impact of black designers today. So... Dandyism, I did some research, by the way. So I'm not going in totally blind. I want to help you guys a little bit out here.
So it's all about the importance of style and suiting and all the formation of black identities from the Harlem Renaissance to the global impact of black designers today. So... Dandyism, I did some research, by the way. So I'm not going in totally blind. I want to help you guys a little bit out here.
Let's just take a peek at that. Yeah, that's a little more delayed than this one. We have a few screens going on. Oh, okay. So... Like, basically Dandyism was a man who paid a ton of attention to being well-dressed and groomed. And the actual dress code for the gala is tailored for you, which nods to the importance of suiting and tailoring within the exhibition. And mostly about men.
Let's just take a peek at that. Yeah, that's a little more delayed than this one. We have a few screens going on. Oh, okay. So... Like, basically Dandyism was a man who paid a ton of attention to being well-dressed and groomed. And the actual dress code for the gala is tailored for you, which nods to the importance of suiting and tailoring within the exhibition. And mostly about men.
Let's just take a peek at that. Yeah, that's a little more delayed than this one. We have a few screens going on. Oh, okay. So... Like, basically Dandyism was a man who paid a ton of attention to being well-dressed and groomed. And the actual dress code for the gala is tailored for you, which nods to the importance of suiting and tailoring within the exhibition. And mostly about men.
Yeah. And I think we can definitely expect people to make that theme into however they're going to interpret it. So I'm sure they'll reference it with like boldness and that tailoring we were talking about. And also the creativity of black style icons, Cab Calloway, James Baldwin, Prince, Virgil Abloh, Andre Leon Talley. And who was one of the most influential voices in fashion. Right.
Yeah. And I think we can definitely expect people to make that theme into however they're going to interpret it. So I'm sure they'll reference it with like boldness and that tailoring we were talking about. And also the creativity of black style icons, Cab Calloway, James Baldwin, Prince, Virgil Abloh, Andre Leon Talley. And who was one of the most influential voices in fashion. Right.