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Dandy Land: Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” Vogue's Met Issue

Photographed by Tyler Mitchell

Styled by Law Roach

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US VOGUE | MAY 2025

Photographer/Artist: 1. Henry Taylor, 2. Malick Bodian, 3. Ike Ude, 4. Tyler Mitchell

Model: 1. Pharrell Williams, 2. Lewis Hamilton, 3. Colman Domingo, 4. ASAP Rocky

Stylist: 2. IB Kamara and Eric McNeal, 3. Max Ortega, 4. Law Roach

Editor: Anna Wintour

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VOGUE THE MET ISSUE 2025

the 2025 MET GALA Co-Chairs; A$AP ROCKY / COLMAN DOMINGO / LEWIS HAMILTON / PHARRELL WILLIAMS

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VOGUE MAY 2025 COLMAN DOMINGO IN DOLCE & GABBANA BY IKÉ UDÉ STYLED BY MAX ORTEGA

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Iké Udé

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Iké Udé, b. Nigeria, 1964 Cover Girl US (1994) [Source]

The artist says in an article for Art 21:

For instance, in my 1994 series, Cover Girl, my original concept was a critique of the politics of magazine covers: their simultaneous mass representation and under-representation of faces both imaginable and unimaginable. Viewing this body of work in retrospect, I see the series as an embodiment of illusion. In it, I designed magazine covers as deceptive simulacra of various well-known magazines—including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Newsweek, and Glamour as well as now-defunct publications, such as The Face, Vibe, Arena, and Mirabella. My covers confused viewers then, and still do, because they were believable: they look and feel like real media products, and so are often mistaken for the real thing. They were deceptive in that sense, designed to convincingly engender the impression of reality in the world of media.

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COLMAN DOMINGO VOGUE THE MET ISSUE 2025

photography by IKÉ UDÉ, styled by MAX ORTEGA

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Iké Udé