Pamela Anderson And Janicza Bravo Wear Tory Burch To The 2025 Met Gala

 Pamela Anderson, Janicza Bravo attended the 2025 Met Gala in custom looks by Tory Burch. The event celebrated the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism.

Actress Pamela Anderson wore a custom gown in ice blue silk mesh fully embroidered with twisted silver sequins and a mix of scattered crystals. The silhouette was tailored from the inside out using traditional menswear techniques, with hand-sculpted boning, an exaggerated hip, a handmade corset, and a molded floating neckline. The dress was embroidered in Italy and constructed in Tory’s atelier in New York.

Filmmaker Janicza Bravo wore a custom look designed in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Rashid Johnson. Tory referenced three pieces in his current retrospective, Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, on view at the Guggenheim through January 2026. On a silk-cotton jacket, the high-relief black soap faces of “Untitled, Anxious Audience” (2019) were rendered in micro-sequins, threadwork, and caviar beading. The peplum of a double-layered skirt interprets “Body and Soul” (2021) from Johnson’s “Bruise Paintings” series, its frenetic brushstrokes and deep shades of blue crafted in jagged embroideries, flocked velvet, overlapping sequins, and painted foil. The rowboat motif on her ivory silk-cotton skirt was lifted from “Heartbreaker” (2022) in Rashid’s “Seascape” series, a meditation on individuality, independence, and escape. Rashid’s unique process of scraping and removing paint from the canvas was reflected in modern and hand-done techniques: semi-transparent paillettes, classic embroidery, and 3-D silicone embossing.

Janicza also wore a hand-cut ivory organza collar, a silk charmeuse ascot, and an Italian wool pinstriped vest embedded with silver chains. She carried an evening bag in the “Anxious Audience” embellishments of her jacket and wore low wedges in jet pavé crystals from Tory’s archive.

For the silhouettes, Tory and Janicza were inspired by Belle de Costa Greene, the Black librarian who built the Morgan Library’s collection of rare books, manuscripts, and art in the early 20th century. Greene used fashion to claim, express, and protect her identity — the essence of dandyism through a feminine lens.

Tory Burch wore a custom gown in ivory filament lace hand-painted with layers of gesso. A jet beaded overlay was inspired by Art Deco beadwork in the 1930s. Tory carried an evening bag in pinstriped wool with Rashid’s “Anxious Audience” motif rendered in tangled ribbon, jet beads, crystals, and embroidery.

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ABOUT TORY BURCH

Founded in 2004 in New York City, Tory Burch is an American luxury brand known for beautiful, timeless pieces. As a designer, Tory draws inspiration from art, her family, and women globally. Her collections include ready-to-wear, handbags, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home and beauty. Empowering women is Tory’s guiding principle, underpinning her design philosophy and driving the work of the Tory Burch Foundation. Tory launched the Foundation in 2009 to empower women entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, education, and community.

About SSI Group, Inc.:

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