Illustrating Dandies at the Met Gala With Shokoufeh Attari

This year’s Met Gala event in New York City marked the opening of the Costume Institute’s highly anticipated exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style which includes a notable focus on Black dandyism - niche but every bit as relevant as the overlooked designers the exhibit champions.

Reflecting on this year's theme, Vogue noted the 'Tailored for You' dress code (responding to the exhibition's dandy roots) was 'purposefully designed to provide guidance and incite creative interpretation'. Indeed, creative interpretation was what we saw - proving the Dandy is in the detail. From Marc Jacobs' zoot suit-inspired dusty mauve look for Tracee Ellis Ross to Zendaya's tailored woman-in-white look by Louis Vuitton which paid clear homage to the history and persons behind her (most notably Bianca Jagger and Gala attendee Diana Ross), if the outfits are anything to go by, this year was a big win - for fashion and creativity. Always looking to find innovative ways to tailor our coverage, we asked fashion illustrator Shokoufeh Attari to complete our Met Gala 2025 commentary with a series of illustrations so the best of this year's looks could be immortalised through the art of fashion illustration forevermore. Browse Attari's contributions below.