Ava DuVernay on Significance of Her Met Gala Look, Pays Homage to Great Grandmother | Met Gala 2025 - video Dailymotion

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Ava DuVernay chats with THR at the 2025 Met Gala and talks about the personal significance of her look. Plus, she talks about the significance of the Met Gala theme of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style."

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00:00I know this dress has particular significance. Tell us how it came together.

00:03Yes, my great-grandmother migrated from Texas to Los Angeles in 1917.

00:09Two years later, she found herself in a portrait studio and she took a picture with a garment.

00:14That is a humbler version of this.

00:16And so I gave that to my friends at Prada and they did a bedazzled version.

00:20So I'm really grateful to them because I get to salute her tonight.

00:24How does this moment feel to have this theme going, particularly with where we are in the country?

00:28You know what? Black Dandyism is about self-expression no matter who's looking.

00:32And so while this is really, really lovely and it's going to be fun and family inside,

00:37I think the core of the theme is it really doesn't matter because we're going to show up and show out no matter what.

00:43Are you outside later?

00:45I'm outside later. I'll see you.

Ava DuVernay on Significance of Her Met Gala Look, Pays Homage to Great Grandmother | Met Gala 2025

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