Nigerian music starsย Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Tems and award-winning author Chimamanda Adichie have made Nigerians proud at the 2025 Met Gala.
On Monday, May 6th, the biggest fashion event in the world returned in full force with the biggest names and forces in the industry from fashion, entertainment, movies, modelling, and more industry gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute in New York.
For those who donโt know, the Met Gala or Met Ball is an annual fundraising gala to benefit the Museum of Arts. The event has become fashionโs bug night out, and only the industryโs top players score an invite.
This yearโs Met Galaย honouredย black men. The theme was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, inspired by Monica L. Millerโs 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The official dress code is โTailored for You,โ a nod to the spring 2025 exhibitionโs focus on menswear. According to Vogue, it is โpurposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation. โ
Rihanna and her boyfriend ASAP Rocky, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Teyana Taylor, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Gigi Hadid, Megan Thee Stallion, Doechi, Zendaya,ย andย others channelled their inner black magic.
Nigerianย artistsย Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Tems, and author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie were also present at the prestigious event.
For his return to the Met Gala, Burna Boy wore a red tuxedo with an oxblood eelskin cape. The singer was styled by Ozwald Boateng, the first Black designer with a prestigious Savile Row storefront.
Tems, for her part,ย wore aย blue and green tailored mermaid vest gown, a blue pinstriped collared shirt, a bow, and an umbrella. Her look was designed by Ozwald Boateng.
Unlike Burna Boy and Tems, who have been to the Met before, this was Ayra Starrโs first Met Gala, and she wore a blackย leather dressย with a walking stick.
Chimamanda Adichie, making her first debut, wore an elegant red ball-like dress.
These undoubtedly made Nigerians proud.
