Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has expressed his joy towards being named as one of the co-chairs for the 2025 Met Gala fashion event, Afrosport reports.
The 39-year-old Mercedes driver will co-chair the iconic event alongside a number of well known celebrities such as a actor Colman Domingo as well as music artistes A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams.
Hamilton was in attendance at the Met Gala 2021 and offered some of the best young black designers a chance to attend the prestigious event.
The Met Gala brings together the biggest names in the world of show business and fashion, and as co-chair Hamilton will help plan and promote the 2025 event in New York City.
The former McLaren driver in a post on his Instagram account said: “I’m beyond honoured to be one of the co-chairs for next year’s Met Gala, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
“This theme speaks to me deeply. When I started my career I never imagined what I might be capable of beyond my sport. The pressure to conform holds so many people back.
“Growing up as the only Black kid on the track, so often that pressure got to me. Expressing myself creatively was and still is my freedom from that conformity. For Black people across the diaspora, fashion is self-preservation.
“Fashion is resilience, and I can’t wait to further explore and amplify our underrepresented voices.”
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Hamilton is renowned for being a fashion enthusiast and has worked with iconic brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and Louis Vuitton.
