{"id":73072,"date":"2025-05-05T11:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=73072"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:50:45","slug":"the-met-gala-2025-raised-a-historic-usd-31-million-for-the-costume-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/the-met-gala-2025-raised-a-historic-usd-31-million-for-the-costume-institute\/73072\/","title":{"rendered":"The Met Gala 2025 raised a historic USD 31 million for the Costume Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Met Gala 2025 has officially made history, raising a staggering <strong>USD 31 million<\/strong> for the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute\u2014the highest amount the annual fundraiser has ever collected. This year marks the first time the gala crossed the USD 30 million threshold, significantly surpassing the previous year\u2019s total of USD 26 million. It\u2019s a record-breaking achievement that highlights both the star power of the attendees and the cultural significance of this year\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n<p>The gala coincided with the launch of the Costume Institute\u2019s spring exhibition, <em>Superfine: Tailoring Black Style<\/em>. Inspired by Monica L. Miller\u2019s influential book <em>Slaves to Fashion<\/em>, the exhibition dives into over 300 years of Black fashion, dandyism, and cultural identity. From 19th-century livery coats to groundbreaking modern looks, the exhibit paints a powerful picture of how Black menswear has long been used as a tool for expression, resistance, and elegance.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s gala was co-chaired by a bold, dynamic lineup: <strong>Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams<\/strong>, and of course, long-time Met Gala monarch <strong>Anna Wintour<\/strong>. <strong>LeBron James<\/strong> also stepped in as an honorary chair. The dress code, <em>Tailored for You<\/em>, encouraged guests to show off personal interpretations of suiting, menswear, and structure\u2014resulting in some of the night\u2019s most innovative, gender-fluid, and meaningful fashion moments.<\/p>\n<p>Among the evening\u2019s standout attendees was <strong>Gigi Hadid<\/strong>, who turned heads in a vintage-inspired gold Miu Miu gown reminiscent of 1940s glamour. Meanwhile, <strong>A$AP Rocky<\/strong> made headlines of his own\u2014not just for his fashion\u2014but by announcing <strong>Rihanna\u2019s third pregnancy<\/strong> live on the carpet, sending social media into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>The USD 31 million raised will go directly toward supporting the Costume Institute\u2019s core mission\u2014funding future exhibitions, scholarly publications, vital acquisitions, and structural improvements to the museum\u2019s fashion archives. In doing so, it ensures that fashion\u2019s past, present, and future continue to be preserved and celebrated at The Met.<\/p>\n<p>Opening to the public on <strong>May 10, 2025<\/strong>, <em>Superfine: Tailoring Black Style<\/em> will run until <strong>October 26, 2025<\/strong>, at The Met Fifth Avenue. According to <em>Vogue<\/em>, the exhibition includes contributions from contemporary designers such as <strong>Grace Wales Bonner<\/strong> and <strong>Virgil Abloh<\/strong>, and pays homage to legendary style figures like <strong>Andr\u00e9 Leon Talley<\/strong>. It\u2019s organized into 12 thematic sections\u2014like <em>Ownership<\/em>, <em>Respectability<\/em>, and <em>Cool<\/em>\u2014with curatorial inspiration drawn from <strong>Zora Neale Hurston\u2019s<\/strong> 1934 essay, <em>The Characteristics of Negro Expression<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Altogether, this year\u2019s Met Gala wasn\u2019t just about breaking fundraising records\u2014it was about honoring the legacy, resilience, and creativity of Black style, and recognizing the ways in which fashion can be both a weapon and a celebration of identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Met Gala 2025 has officially made history, raising a staggering USD 31 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":73073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[20281],"class_list":["post-73072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-met-gala-2025"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}