Maluma Honors Pachuco Tradition in Zoot Go well with

Maluma walked the 2025 Met Gala carpet together with his designer good friend, Willy Chavarría, who was behind the artist’s statement-making match on Monday (Might 5).

The Colombian artist arrived in a customized floral lengthy blazer that went previous his knees, matching wide-leg gown pants, and a black hat with pink roses, making a cultural assertion that paid tribute to Pachucos and their zoot go well with.

“The Pachuco as we all know is the quintessential dandy from the 30s and 40s representing Latinos and black, who dressed as a type of resistance and sweetness. I hope to have encapsulated that,” Chavarría mentioned to Women’s Wear Daily.

Maluma was one among many Latin acts who surprised on the gala together with Dangerous Bunny, Shakira, J Balvin, and Rosalía.

Held at New York Metropolis’s Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Monday, this yr’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Fashion,” impressed by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 ebook Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identification. The official gown code is “Tailor-made for You,” a nod to the spring 2025 exhibition’s deal with menswear and is “purposefully designed to offer steerage and invite inventive interpretation,” in response to Vogue.

Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton served as co-chairs, whereas LeBron James served as honorary chair. Tyla, Doechii, André 3000, Usher, Janelle Monáe and extra additionally served as members of the costume institute profit host committee. Different artists who attended the Met Gala 2025 have been Dangerous Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, LISA, Diana Ross, JENNIE and Dua Lipa.