Pharrell Williams brought the gold standard of “dandy” to the 2025 Met Gala.
In an interview with Essence on the carpet Monday, May 5, Williams, 52, revealed that his gold grill was actually his Invisalign aligner. “Well, truth be told, these are my Invisaligns. I used my Invisalign trays and got them done in gold.”
The “Happy” singer continued on the steps of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, “that’s what dandy do. These are my Invisaligns, they keep my teeth straight.”
Outside of an illustrious music career, Williams has made a name for himself in the high-fashion world for his ability to blend high-end luxury with streetwear styles.
The 13-time Grammy winner served as a co-chair at the Met Gala on May 5. This year’s theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and sought to honor the legacy of the Black dandy and the Black tailors behind some of the most iconic moments in fashion history.
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Co-Chairs Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams and Chair Anna Wintour attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
Williams notably dressed a number of the gala’s attendees, as he was appointed creative director of Louis Vuitton in 2023 following the death of legendary designer, Virgil Abloh, who held the position until he died of cancer in 2021. Among the celebrities wearing Louis Vuitton designs made under Williams’ leadership were Sabrina Carpenter, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Doechii, Williams’ wife, Helen Lasichanh, and more.
Vogue announced Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Williams and Anna Wintour would be co-chairs for this year’s Met Gala in October 2024, alongside LeBron James as an honorary chair. The event is a fundraiser for The Costume Institute and spotlights the museum’s spring 2025 exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
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Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton shared that the exhibit, which is inspired by guest curator Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, explores “the Black dandy as both a concept and an identity signifier.”
The exhibit “presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style from the 18th century to the present through an exploration of the concept of dandyism,” according to a post on the museum’s Instagram.
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