NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Keke Palmer attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Chloe Bailey andu2028 Halle Bailey attend The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Jennifer Lopez attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Aurora James and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attend The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Iman attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Gabrielle Union attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion – Arrivals The style-centric Smith had the perfect response: “Baby, this is a discussion about the Super Bowl of fashion, I hosted Fashion Bomb Daily fashion show, interviewed Misa Hylton on Saturday, attended Harlem Fashion Row, Harlem Fashion Week, LaQuan Smith, etc, we are shining in our spaces! We deserve to shine EVERYWHERE.” We can create our own that can attract the same high regard by the fashion world.” But let’s shine in our spaces first and not feeling like the Met has to validate black designers. Smith replied: “We should be EVERYWHERE because fashion is a BUSINESS.” Why can’t our greatness be validated in Afro spaces.” One follower wrote in response, “Black designers don’t need to be validated by a white centric gala. One fashion site noted, “From my count: Keke Palmer & Megan Rapinoe in Sergio Hudson, Ilana Glazer & Kehlani in Aliette, Eva Chen & Jordan Alexander in Sha’Carri in Theophilio & Brandon Blackwood, AOC in Brother Vellies, & Kid Cudi in Virgil Abloh (who looked a MESS).” This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.