Lewis Hamilton wears a custom Wales Bonner look by Grace Wales Bonner at the Met Gala, drawing from Afro-Atlantic spiritual traditions and 20th-century Black dandyism. Ivory evokes ancestral purity, cowries, memory and protection. Garnet-hued diamonds gleam with sacred charge.
Custom Wales Bonner ivory silk frock coat, tailored trousers, and freshwater pearls. Cowrie shells reference West African spiritual rituals; garnet-colored stones suggest quiet strength and ancestral protection.
Handcrafted jewelry, including sacred amulets and ancestral beads. Headwear by Stephen Jones Millinery. Inspired by Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraiture and Kongo minkisi forms.
Color-blocking transcends class and power, connecting Black life across time. From ivory and cowries to zoot suits and minkisi, each element carries faith, value, and ancestral charge.
Met Gala 2025. EJM.
Wales Bonner by Grace Wales Bonner. Styling by Eric McNeal.
Eric McNeal
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