Burna Boy turns heads at 2025 Met Gala in history-making African-inspired Tuxedo
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Burna’s silhouette, evoking African kingship and defiance, carried a deep personal significance. The eel skin cape honored his Niger Delta roots, symbolizing water, fish, and heritage.
Burna Boy made a bold fashion statement at the 2025 Met Gala, held at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, with his striking ensemble.
The exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” celebrated “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” spotlighting the evolution of Black elegance and dandyism as both resistance and art.
For the event, Burna Boy partnered with renowned British-Ghanaian designer Ozwald Boateng, who revolutionized menswear through an African lens.
Their collaboration resulted in a history-making look—a royal red wool tuxedo paired with a dramatic oxblood eel skin cape. As Boateng put it, the design was “not just for the carpet, but for history.”
Burna’s silhouette, evoking African kingship and defiance, carried a deep personal significance. The eel skin cape honored his Niger Delta roots, symbolizing water, fish, and heritage.
In his hand, he held a leather-strapped bouquet of native South African flowers—Protea, Gerbera, and Leonotis Leonurus—as well as the Red Crinum lily, a quiet tribute to his connection to the waters of the Niger Delta.
This was Burna Boy’s second Met Gala appearance, and once again, he used the stage to elevate African craftsmanship and storytelling.
The collaboration with Boateng was a powerful display of legacy, creativity, and the future of global Black expression.
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