Colman Domingo pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman and Leon André Talley at the Met Gala –

The Met Gala is certainly one of the most talked-about evenings in fashion yearly and serves as an event fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This 12 months’s event, which took place on May 6, was intended to honor the Costume Institute’s 2024 exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Fashion Awakening.”

Hollywood red carpet star Colman Domingo discussed the inspiration behind his outfit ahead of the event.

As reported, Domingo’s outfit was partly a tribute to stars Chadwick Boseman and André Leon Talley, late fashion journalism icons who made their mark at the Met Gala by wearing capes.

“They both wore capes at the Met,” Domingo said. “Everything I do, I feel like it has to be done for the culture. It has to be more than just for me. I also wanted to honor those brothers who came before me.”

Domingo said he and Willy Chavarria were brought together by his stylists, who told him the king of the red carpet should work with the reigning CDFA award winner.

“This is kind of the icing on the cake for my awards season,” Domingo noted. “I do know there’s been loads of give attention to my look and style and how I tell stories about clothes and fashion, so I knew it could be a giant moment. So when (The Met) was offered, my stylists (Wayman Bannerman and Micah McDonald) reached out to see who can be excited about dressing me. To quote Wayman and Micah: “Well, the king of the red carpet should be paired with the newest CFDA award winner.”

Domingo continued: “There were times when it felt like coronation tailoring in some ways. I feel prefer it could look quite a bit like the British Royal Family at times, and I wanted that to be on top. I believe if we go to a coronation and we turn into the king of the red carpet, (The Met) will likely be an actual coronation.

Domingo wore a big black and white Willy Chavarria suit with diamond earrings, silver rings and a bouquet of white flowers wrapped in black satin fabric.

As noted, the actor’s appearance was not only beautiful, but it surely perfectly fit the evening’s theme “The Garden of Time”. According to Vogue magazine, the event’s theme and dress code were inspired by a 1962 short story by JG Ballard that shared a typical theme.

As Lit Hub describes the story: “The dress code for the event is “The Garden of Time,” inspired by J. G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name, through which Count Axel and his wife live and listen to Mozart in an impressive villa, surrounded by a garden of crystals flowers as an indignant and unruly army approaches them. To keep the “approaching mob” at bay, Axel must turn back time by picking the flowers one after the other until they’re all gone and there isn’t any time left.