Laura Harrier wanted to "play on feminine and masculine" with her Met Gala outfit.
The 35-year-old model wore a waistcoat and cream satin trousers designed by Gap, Inc. creative director Zac Posen to attend fashion's biggest night in New York on Monday (07.05.25) evening, and loved how the overall look was a balance between the two genders.
She told US TV show 'Extra': "I’ve been a fan of Zac for a long time. I love his work; he’s a lovely person I’ve come to know. Gap I just think is such a storied American brand, so this collaboration, I was really excited about.
"I love this play on feminine and masculine that we’re doing, where we’re able to celebrate black menswear tailoring while still feeling feminine and beautiful."
Meanwhile, Zac explained that he wanted to adhere to the theme of Superfine: Tailoring Black Style by exploring "self-expression" within his design.
He told The Cut: "I’ve been ideating since the day I was born. Self-expression, identity, the power of dress, and the subversive or rebellious quality of dress have been a theme of self-exploration my entire life. When I first heard the theme, I went into an immense treasure trove of early ideas of identity of dandyism. First, with Oscar Wilde, somebody who embodied dandyism in terms of his intellect, but also his voice and his writing. The same goes with Beau Brummell. He changed fashion by being shocking through his dress at the time and tailoring. It goes into people who are social commentators. You have Charles Baudelaire and his ideas as a writer, critic, and poet. In terms of Black identity, it goes into people using it for identity and defiance — for example, Frederick Douglass, who used dressing as a tool of resistance and self-identity. There was no stopping him through the power of fashion and dress. And then that evolves into music. It’s very important to give that space, and it’s very interesting to see that expressed and built out through an exhibition."
