Halle Bailey Wears Coach For 2025 Met Gala
Coach today announces that actress and Grammy-nominated musician Halle Bailey is wearing custom Coach by Creative Director Stuart Vevers to the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in honor of the museum’s Costume Institute exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”
Bailey’s Harlem Renaissance-inspired look features a peak-lapel pinstripe evening jacket in navy and cream wool crafted with dramatic hourglass proportions, constructed by Arturo Castañeda, a fourth-generation designer and bespoke tailor, following Savile Row-inspired made-to-measure techniques that nod to the broader transatlantic traditions of tailoring explored in the Superfine exhibition. The piece is meticulously hand-embellished with over 10,000 individual tonal pavé crystals, each stone diligently distressed and patinaed by local artisans to achieve a vintage luster. Anchoring the look is a silk satin corset, handcrafted in the house’s hometown of New York City and similarly adorned with pavé crystals, lending modern sparkle to historical tailoring references.
Bailey also wears embellished platform heels with pavé crystals and a custom diffusing filter-veil with denim rhinestones by Stephen Jones. The look is finished off with a kisslock clutch with archival details in the same pinstripe pavé crystal detail as the evening jacket.
In celebration of this year’s Met Gala theme, Bailey’s look honors the legacy of American tailoring and Coach’s enduring heritage of craftsmanship, authenticity and self-expression. Vevers and Bailey collaborated closely to conceive a look that pays tribute to the bold theatricality and sparkle of the 1970s but is ultimately grounded in the tailored sophistication of the 1920s and ‘30s and particularly evokes the Harlem Renaissance. The silhouette, reminiscent of the Zoot Suit, bridges these eras and speaks to a history of performance, self-styling and resistance through dress.
“As an American fashion house that finds endless inspiration in the cultural imagination of this country, we wanted to capture a strong feeling of history and celebrate the rich and enduring legacy of craft —not only through the lens of traditional tailoring, but also by honoring the historical and contemporary traditions of Black fashion that have shaped and redefined American style. Working with local craftspeople to imbue each piece with the spirit of beauty, technique and expressiveness that has come to define Coach was a wonderful experience,” says Creative Director Stuart Vevers.
“It was my honor to work with Stuart and the team at Coach to celebrate such a significant time in history as the Harlem Renaissance,” says Bailey. “It is a beautiful way to show the impeccable style and brilliance of those creatives who came before me.”
PHOTO CREDIT:
Met Gala Carpet: Getty Images
The Carlyle Hotel Carpet Photo: Ben Rosser
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