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Vogue
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
9 Effortless Ways to Wear the Kaftan Beyond the Beach
Call it a summer rite, but every year, a nostalgic fashion item makes a grand return to our wardrobes. This season, it's all about the kaftan. The perennial beach staple, known as (I hate to say it), a throw-on-and-go swimsuit cover-up, is returning in a way that feels more inspired by its past—while still nodding to the icons that embraced it. Vogue's Favorite Kaftans: From the rich textures worn by Marella Agnelli, the Italian socialite and Truman Capote swan to the vivid color, print and embroidery embraced by Andre Leon Talley whose kaftans can be seen at 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' at The Met this year, designers are taking these past inspirations and bringing them into the present. Today's kaftans aren't just to be worn over a bikini, but styled in unexpected ways that capture summer's expressive, free-spirited tone. Our favorite contemporary interpretation? Worn as a dress over pants—a look Julianne Moore's character Michaela Kell nails; her wardrobe in the limited series alone makes it worth the watch. Whether in chiffon, silk, linen, or crisp cotton, a billowing kaftan is an inherently versatile and effortless piece that brings comfort, ease, and elegance into a wardrobe no matter the occasion. We show you how it's done below—oh, and only one of them involves you wearing it to the beach! Balmy Summer Nights Taller Mamo is a kaftan veteran with endless options! This style is a Vogue favourite in part thanks to its dramatic fringing and luxurious fabrication. Leave your glowy summer legs bare and accessorize with art-deco inspired pieces. The Under-$300 Matching Set Color can be hard to wear if you're not one who gravitates to the vibrant shades of summer. Make it easy on yourself by opting for a one-and-done two-piece in a muted shade. Accessories in similar earthy tones anchor this two-piece perfectly. Summer in the City A city slickers' take on the flowing, beach-ready kaftan. Give it urban edge with leather extras and a pair of Bottega Veneta sunglasses to truly elevate this effortless style. Fringe Effect It's the texture of the summer—and a Vogue editor-favorite this season; longtime fringe enthusiast Madeline Fass will surely be seen in this style. Wear it over pants for a true, fashion-forward approach. After-Hours Elegance A one-shoulder kaftan is truly chic. Julianne Moore in Sirens wore this exact style but in white. The black with silver accessories as an accent is perfect for all minimalist lovers. Off-Duty Ease The cotton drawstring pant is a summer must-have, add a billowing cotton kaftan for maximum comfort and maximum chic. Beach-Bound There's no denying—a kaftan is still one of the most versatile pieces you can pack in your carry-on and take on holiday. Slip into it over a simple one-piece and let the print be the purpose! Short and Sweet Not all kaftans need to be maxi—this charming broderie anglaise set (sported recently by Daisy Edgar-Jones in Cannes) will be the perfect companion if you're vacationing in the South of France. A Daytime Print La DoubleJ has mastered the art of easy summer dresses that still feel special, and this one-shoulder printed style is no exception. Style with leather sandals for the city or add a heel for a special occasion. A touch of gold jewelry will pop against the burgundy tones in this look. Dragon Diffusion Bamboo Triple Jump leather tote $525 NET-A-PORTER Ana Luisa Laura paper clip chain necklace $75 NORDSTROM Shop more kaftans:
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Colman Domingo's 2025 Met Gala look is a subtle nod to luxe legend
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways It's a swank nod to a fashion god. Colman Domingo wore a praiseworthy Valentino suit beneath a flowing, royal blue cape for his leading role as 2025 Met Gala co-chair. The look-at-me covering, which featured a glitzy shoulder and breastplate, shone as a subtle salute to late fashion powerhouse André Leon Talley. Co-chair Colman Domingo shines on the Met Gala 2025 red carpet. AFP via Getty Images Domingo slayed the first Monday in May in Valentino, nodding to Andre Leon Talley. Getty Images 'It gives you choir, king, and a little nod to Andre Leon Talley,' the ever-extravagant Emmy winner, 55, told Vogue on the carpet, referencing the former Vogue editor-at-large's Met Gala look from 2011. The 'Four Seasons' star dazzled in his prestigious position as co-host, which he shares with Pharrell Williams, 52, Lewis Hamilton, 40, A$AP Rocky, 36, and Anna Wintour, 75. LeBron James, 40, an honorary co-chair, regretfully announced his absence from the soirée today, citing a knee injury. But Domingo and his fellow cohosts are carrying the night — a celebration of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition, 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' — along. Follow Page Six's Met Gala live updates for all the celebrity looks, viral moments and more Andre Leon Talley wore a blue cape at the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum in 2011. Getty Images Accompanied by husband, Raúl, at the much-ballyhooed to-do, Domingo took to the museum's staircase ahead of an a cappella performance of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' from a tuxedoed Silk & Sound male choir. Just hours before his red carpet command, the 'Color Purple' star served pure panache at the Met Gala conference this morning, wearing a purplish custom suit by Black British designer Oswald Boateng. Domingo is one of the honorable co-chairs of the 2025 Met Gala. REUTERS Domingo has hailed Talley an inspiration for his dandyism. Getty Images He topped off the tailored togs with a titled Kangol hat, calling the swaggy accessory the 'taste of New York' that completed his look. While addressing the crowd, Domingo credited Talley, among others, for paving the way for Black designers, fashionistas and everyday people. Domingo surprised audiences with a zippy quote from playwright and director George C. Wolfe, saying, 'God created Black people, and Black people created style.'
Deccan Herald
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
Met Gala 2025: Kiara Advani makes glamorous debut, reveals baby bump
Kiara's look was a tribute to the late Andre Leon Talley, the revered fashion editor and Black icon, featuring a striking double-paneled cape that echoed his signature silhouettes and lasting influence on fashion. | Credit: Instagram/@kiaraaliaadvani
CBC
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
2025 Met Gala gets underway with focus on Black menswear and dandyism
Celebrities began to flood to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in their tailored best on a rainy Monday in New York to kick off the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. The gala, a charity event and fundraiser for the Met's Costume Institute, has traditionally been timed to mark the opening of its annual fashion exhibition, which is "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" this year. Colman Domingo, one of the evening's hosts, wore a pleated, gold adorned cape over a grey suit. His look evoked the late Andre Leon Talley, the fashion icon who made history as a rare Black editor at Vogue. Domingo arrived with Vogue's Anna Wintour, the mastermind of the gala, dressed in baby blue. In addition to those two, the co-chairs of the event are Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and musicians A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams. "I want it to feel like the most epic night of power," Williams, who is also the Louis Vuitton menswear director, told Vogue recently. "A reflection of Black resiliency in a world that continues to be colonized, by which I mean policies and legislation that are nothing short of that." The red carpet for fashion's biggest night officially started at 6 p.m. ET. Early arrivals included Emma Chamberlain in a pinstripe gown and Teyana Taylor, who went for a stunning Zoot Suit look with a red, feather-adorned top hat and a huge matching cape dripping with flowers and bling. The official dress code for gala guests is "Tailored for You," inspired by Black dandyism. It's "a nod to the exhibition's focus on suiting and menswear, from specific silhouettes to various fabrics and accessories — that is purposefully designed to both provide guidance and invite creative interpretation," according to a press release. NBA superstar LeBron James was slated to attend the event for the first time after being announced as honorary co-chair, but said Monday he would have to bow out due to the sprained knee he suffered in the Lakers' season-ending Game 5 loss to the Timberwolves. "Hate to miss an historical event!" he said in a post on X on Monday, adding that his wife, Savannah, would still attend. This year, organizers announced they would also be resurrecting the tradition of a "host committee," made up of stars in a wide range of fields: athletes Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens; Angel Reese and Sha'Carri Richardson; filmmakers Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee and Regina King; actors Ayo Edebiri, Audra McDonald and Jeremy Pope; musicians Doechii, Usher, Tyla, Janelle Monae and Andre 3000; author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; artists Jordan Casteel, Rashid Johnson and Kara Walker; playwrights Jeremy O. Harris and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; and fashion figures Grace Wales Bonner, Edward Enninful, Dapper Dan and Olivier Rousteing. The gala raises the bulk of the curation budget for the museum's Costume Institute. But the glitzy event, with its emphasis on high-end fashion and big-budget stars, has faced criticisms for decades that it is a parade of wealth that draws attention from other issues. On Monday, pro-Palestinian protesters massed on the streets near the Met Gala, waving flags and chanting "Free Palestine." Inside tonight's theme The theme of the gala is inspired by the annual spring exhibition, which this year is based in large part on Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, a book by Monica L. Miller that looks at the political coding of style within the Black community. Miller is guest curator of the exhibit, which opens to the public on Saturday. "Historical manifestations of dandyism range from absolute precision in dress and tailoring to flamboyance and fabulousness in dress and style," Miller wrote in the exhibit catalogue. "Whether a dandy is subtle or spectacular, we recognize and respect the deliberateness of the dress, the self-conscious display, the reach for tailored perfection, and the sometimes subversive self-expression." It's the first Costume Institute exhibition since 2003's "Men in Skirts" to focus exclusively on menswear. How the dress code at the gala goes, in terms of taste and style, is anyone's guess. Wintour has a hand in virtually all things gala, so the presumption is things can't go too far off the rails. She recently knocked down the rumour that she approves all looks, telling Good Morning America she'll weigh in if asked. The exhibit draws on other sources beyond Miller's book. It's organized into 12 sections, each symbolizing a characteristic of dandy style as defined by Zora Neale Hurston in her 1934 essay, "Characteristics of Negro Expression." Among them: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, respectability and heritage. Assuming gala guests — or their stylists — have done their research, some of these factors are expected to play out on the museum steps which serve as the event's red carpet. The guest list amounts to about 450 high-profile people from technology, sports, art, entertainment and more. The mix, Williams says, is a must. "It's so important to me to have successful Black and brown people of every stripe in the room: not just athletes and actors and actresses, entertainers, but also authors, architects, folks from the fintech world," he told Vogue. "We've got to invest in each other. We've got to connect with each other, because it's going to take everybody to coalesce the force of Black and brown genius into one strong, reliable force." The gala had already raised a record $31 million US, Metropolitan Museum of Art CEO Max Hollein said Monday — the first time the fundraiser for the Met's Costume Institute has crossed the $30 million US mark and eclipsing last year's haul of more than $26 million US.
New York Post
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Colman Domingo's 2025 Met Gala look is a subtle nod to luxe legend
It's a swank nod to a fashion god. Colman Domingo wore a praiseworthy Valentino suit beneath a flowing, royal blue cape for his leading role as 2025 Met Gala co-chair. The look-at-me covering, which featured a glitzy shoulder and breastplate, shone as a subtle salute to late fashion powerhouse André Leon Talley. Advertisement 4 Domingo slayed the first Monday in May in Valentino, nodding to Andre Leon Talley. Getty Images 'It gives you choir, king, and a little nod to Andre Leon Talley,' the ever-extravagant Emmy winner, 55, told Vogue on the carpet, referencing the former Vogue editor-at-large's Met Gala look from 2011. The 'Four Seasons' star dazzled in his prestigious position as co-host, which he shares with Pharrell Williams, 52, Lewis Hamilton, 40, A$AP Rocky, 36, and Anna Wintour, 75. Advertisement LeBron James, 40, an honorary co-chair, regretfully announced his absence from the soirée today, citing a knee injury. But Domingo and his fellow cohosts are carrying the night — a celebration of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition, 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' — along. 4 Andre Leon Talley wore a blue cape at the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum in 2011. Getty Images Accompanied by husband, Raúl, at the much-ballyhooed to-do, Domingo took to the museum's staircase ahead of an a cappella performance of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' from a tuxedoed Silk & Sound male choir. Advertisement Just hours before his red carpet command, the 'Color Purple' star served pure panache at the Met Gala conference this morning, wearing a purplish custom suit by Black British designer Oswald Boateng. 4 Domingo is one of the honorable co-chairs of the 2025 Met Gala. REUTERS 4 Domingo has hailed Talley an inspiration for his dandyism. Getty Images Advertisement He topped off the tailored togs with a titled Kangol hat, calling the swaggy accessory the 'taste of New York' that completed his look. While addressing the crowd, Domingo credited Talley, among others, for paving the way for Black designers, fashionistas and everyday people. Domingo surprised audiences with a zippy quote from playwright and director George C. Wolfe, saying, 'God created Black people, and Black people created style.'
