Ruth E. Carter on the Importance of Bringing Black Identity to the Met Gala | Met Gala 2025 - video Dailymotion

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Ruth E. Carter chats with THR on the steps of the 2025 Met Gala and shares who she is dressing tonight. Plus, she reveals how long she has been working on this year's looks and the importance of bringing back black identity to the Met Gala.

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00:00Tell me, how many people are you addressing today?

00:02Two. I have Jasmine Tewks and I have Tiana Taylor.

00:06I see Jasmine. She'll have on what I call, she has on Harlem Nights.

00:12Okay, so she's going to be all in cream.

00:15So make sure you ask her who she's wearing. She'll tell you it's me.

00:20Now, how long ago did you start working on these legs?

00:24Some of them were last minute, but me and Tiana have been talking about it for weeks and weeks,

00:28maybe three months. Yeah.

00:31When you think about black dandyism, what was your first exposure to that kind of culture and context?

00:38Well, you know, I feel like I've been dressing the dandies like my whole career.

00:41You know, there is a time in Malcolm X's life when he was a dandy, you know, in the Rosewood Ballroom.

00:47And, you know, it's identity.

00:49And that's really how we tell the story of how, you know, the times change and we move through this culture,

00:56you know, through dandyism. It's a big part of it, you know.

00:59And that's who we admire in our families, of our friends.

01:04And it's very important that we bring Black Fast Fork identity to the Met Gala.

01:09Very important.

Ruth E. Carter on the Importance of Bringing Black Identity to the Met Gala | Met Gala 2025

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